WORK AND PENSIONS

Employment Schemes: Disabled

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average cost to Jobcentre Plus is of supporting clients on  (a) Pathways to Work,  (b) Workstep and  (c) New Deal for Disabled People into (i) work and (ii) sustained work defined as 26 weeks in respect of clients diagnosed with (A) mental health conditions, (B) musculoskeletal diseases and (C) visual impairment.

Jim Knight: The information requested is not available.

Incapacity Benefits

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 
	(1)  whether people claiming employment and support allowance are counted for the purposes of meeting her Department's objective of reducing the national incapacity benefits caseload by one million by 2015;
	(2)  what recent assessment she has made of her Department's progress towards its target of reducing the national incapacity benefits caseload by one million by 2015.

Jonathan R Shaw: The Government's aim is to reduce the number of people on employment and support allowance and incapacity benefits by 1 million by 2015 from a baseline of 2.74 million in 2005. Recipients of incapacity benefits include customers receiving incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance, income support (on incapacity grounds) and employment and support allowance.
	We expect the further planned reforms to employment and support allowance and incapacity benefits to help us make significant progress towards our aim to reduce the numbers on employment and support allowance and incapacity benefits by 1 million.

Jobcentre Plus

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent consideration she has given to the provision of Jobcentre Plus services at locations other than Jobcentre Plus offices.

Jim Knight: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the chief executive of Jobcentre Plus, Darra Singh. I have asked him to provide the right hon. Member with the information requested.
	 Letter from Darra Singh:
	The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question asking what recent consideration she has given to the provision of Jobcentre Plus services at locations other than Jobcentre Plus offices. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.
	With the advances made in technology the way we deliver our services has changed and our channel strategy enables us to effectively deliver many of our services either by telephone or through the internet. However, for customers in need of tailored personal support, Jobcentre Plus continues to provide a face to face advisory service through our network of Jobcentres and a wide range of outreach locations.
	We aim to make our services more accessible to customers by providing a range of support through outreach. Typically, advisory services can be delivered in partnership with Children's Centres, on Local Authority premises, or in conjunction with one of our Welfare to Work providers
	To ensure these arrangements meet the challenge of the current economic climate we will keep our service delivery plans under review.
	I hope this information is helpful.

Public Holidays

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of the introduction of an additional public holiday; and if she will make a statement.

Jonathan R Shaw: No official estimate has been made of the additional cost to the Department of an additional day's public holiday.
	The actual cost would depend in particular on the degree to which work could be re-prioritised or re-scheduled as already happens, for example, at the Christmas and Easter public holidays.

TRANSPORT

Boating: Safety

Gordon Prentice: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport when he last reviewed safety arrangements for tall ships which are used for educational purposes for young people under 21; and if he will make a statement.

Paul Clark: The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) keeps the safety requirements for tall ships registered or operating in the UK under constant review. These requirements are set out in Codes of Safety published by the MCA. Tall ships registered or operating in the UK are subject to the same inspection regimes as ships of a comparable size. The agency is working with the Association of Sail Training Organisations (ASTO) on the development of an additional safety management system designed specifically for smaller sail training ships.
	Through the International Maritime Organization, the MCA is actively promoting greater co-operation between maritime administrations to develop a more consistent application of safety requirements internationally.

Departmental NDPBs

Bob Spink: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport for how many non-departmental public bodies his Department is responsible.

Chris Mole: Information on the number of non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) sponsored by my Department is published in the annual Cabinet Office report-'Public Bodies'. 'Public Bodies 2009' is available online at:
	www.civilservice.gov.uk/about/resources/ndpbs.aspx

Departmental Public Expenditure

Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport which projects have been allocated funding from the  (a) Highways Agency Network Operations budget and  (b) Technology Innovation Fund for (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv) 2012-13, (v) 2013-14 and (vi) 2014-15; and how much such funding each such project has already received.

Chris Mole: The information requested is as follows:
	 (a) The Highways Agency was allocated £2.9 billion of programme expenditure in 2009-10 as presented in the Agency's 2009-10 Business Plan. The programme includes projects to maintain and operate the strategic road network.
	There are over 3,000 which make up the programme allocation and it is not practicable to list each project.
	2010-11 plans are being finalised and the following years are subject to the outcome of any future Spending Review.
	 (b) The Highways Agency was allocated funding for the A14 Corridor Traffic Management System and the Birmingham Box Phase 1 and 2 project from the Technology Innovation Fund for the periods 2009-10 and 2010-11.
	Funding already allocated to the Highways Agency from the Technology Innovation Fund is as follows:
	
		
			  £ million 
			   2009-10 Budget  2010-11 Indicative 
			 Birmingham Box Phase 1 and 2 76 32 
			 A14 Corridor TMS 46 7

Departmental Sick Leave

David Simpson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the last three years.

Chris Mole: Sickness absence statistics are available on the Department's website at:
	http://www.dft.gov.uk/about/staff/sickabsence

Departmental Travel

Tom Watson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will publish the travel guidance issued to staff of each of his Department's agencies and non-departmental public bodies.

Chris Mole: The Department for Transport does not hold this information. Agencies and NDPBs issue their own travel guidance to staff, and reference should be made to them for this information.

Liquid Explosives: EU Action

Julian Brazier: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport when he expects the EU's Liquid Explosives Working Group to agree a standard for scanning for liquid explosives.

Paul Clark: The EU's aviation security regulatory committee (composed of member state experts) agreed a new package of implementing measures on aviation security on 21 October 2009. This package of measures includes standards for liquids screening technology. The timetable for introduction of this technology is presently being considered by the European Parliament.

Official Cars: Safety

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether cars operated by the Government Car and Despatch Agency have been subject to recall in the last six months.

Paul Clark: Eleven vehicles operated by the Government Car and Despatch Agency have been subject to a recall in the last six months.

Railways: Fares

Mark Lancaster: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport 
	(1)  what the annual percentage change in the cost of a Senior Railcard has been in each year since 2000;
	(2)  what the cost of a Senior Railcard was in each year since 2000.

Chris Mole: The cost and percentage increase of a Senior Railcard in each year since 2000 was as follows:
	
		
			   Price (£)  Percentage increase  Date of increase 
			 2000 18.00 0 - 
			 2001 18.00 0 - 
			 2002 18.00 0 - 
			 2003 18.00 0 - 
			 2004 20.00 11.11 23 May 2004 
			 2005 20.00 0 - 
			 2006 20.00 0 - 
			 2007 20.00 0 - 
			 2008 24.00 20.00 2 January 2008 
			 2009 26.00 8.33 17 May 2009 
			 2010 26.00 0 - 
		
	
	These are in line with the terms of the Senior Railcard scheme agreement through which train operators are required to provide the cards.

Rescue Services: Hope Cove

Anthony Steen: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will extend the coverage area of the Hope Cove lifeboat up to and including Ordnance Survey points  (a) 695373 to the east and  (b) 605465 to the west.

Paul Clark: There are no plans to extend the coverage of the general purpose boat operated by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) at Hope Cove. The operating limits are set in the interests of the safety of the boat's volunteer crew and the public.

Roads: Snow and Ice

Peter Bone: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will make it his policy not to override local authority contracts for the supply of salt and grit.

Sadiq Khan: The Department for Transport only provides advice to salt suppliers on prioritising deliveries to ensure salt is delivered to where it is needed most. Advice is provided by the Salt Cell, comprising officials from the Department for Transport, the Devolved Administrations, Highways Agency and local authority representatives. The Salt Cell has remained in operation since 6 January and its advice has been extremely important in ensuring that no authorities have so far run out of salt despite the worst winter weather in 30 years. The Salt Cell's advice is based upon information provided by highway authorities on their stock levels and weather forecasts. It is a matter for the salt suppliers to decide what deliveries they make.

Roads: Snow and Ice

Peter Bone: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what assessment he has made of the preparedness of local authorities for the recent severe weather conditions including the provision of salt and grit in  (a) Northamptonshire and  (b) England.

Sadiq Khan: Following the severe weather conditions in February 2009, the Government asked the UK Roads Liaison Group to identify the lessons that should be learnt regarding highway authorities' preparedness for extreme weather events. The UK Roads Liaison Group made 19 recommendations, one of which advised that:
	"in considering appropriate service standards, at least six days resilience would represent sensible good practice for determining the number of days resilience during the core winter period".
	It is for each authority to consider the recommendations and decide for themselves how best to take them forward. However, a write round in late October 2009 by regional resilience teams (RRTs) in the Government Offices found that of those local authorities that responded (a third of local highway authorities) all but one were holding at least six days' supply, and more than half of those responding arranged to hold 10 days' supply or more. Northamptonshire county council reported that it had reviewed the UKRLG's recommendations and that it held 11,000 tonnes at that time.

CULTURE MEDIA AND SPORT

Sea Change Programme

Jeremy Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport who  (a) applied for and  (b) received funding through his Department's Sea Change programme in each year since its inception.

Margaret Hodge: The local authorities who applied for and received funding through the Sea Change programme since it began in April 2008 are shown in the tables. A total of £38 million has been allocated over the three phrases of the programme.
	 Wave One (2008-09)
	
		
			  Applied for funding and allocated a Sea Change grant 
			  Local authority  Resort 
			 Blackpool Council Blackpool 
			 Torbay Council Torbay 
			 Kent County Council Dover 
			 Berwick-upon-Tweed Berwick 
			 Devon County Council Teignmouth 
			 Rother District Council Bexhill-on-Sea 
			 Bournemouth Borough Council Boscombe 
			 North Somerset Council Weston-Super-Mare 
			 Arun District Council Littlehampton 
			 Torridge DC Westward Ho! 
			 Wyre BC Fleetwood 
			 North Devon Council Ilfracombe 
			 North Tyneside Council North Tyneside 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Withernsea 
			 Thanet District Council Margate 
		
	
	
		
			  Applied for funding and not allocated a grant 
			  Local authority  Resort 
			 West Dorset District Council West Bay 
			 Sedgemoor District Council Burnham-on-Sea 
			 Penwith District Council St Ives 
			 South Holland District Council Sutton Bridge 
			 Shepway District Council Folkestone 
			 Worthing Borough Council Worthing 
			 Tendring District Council Walton-on-the-Naze 
			 Brighton and Hove City Council Brighton 
			 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Southport 
			 West Somerset Council Minehead 
			 Plymouth City Council Plymouth 
		
	
	 Wave Two 2009-10
	
		
			  Applied for funding and allocated a Sea Change grant 
			  Local authority  Resort 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire Bridlington 
			 Great Yarmouth Borough Council Great Yarmouth 
			 Hastings Borough Council Hastings 
			 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Southport 
			 Wansbeck District Council Newbiggin 
			 Worthing Borough Council Worthing 
			 South Tyneside Council South Shields 
			 Essex County Council Jaywick 
			 Swale Borough Council Leysdown 
			 Penwith District Council Penzance 
			 Teignbridge District Council Dawlish 
			 North Norfolk District Council Wells 
			 Kent County Council Whitstable/Margate 
		
	
	
		
			  Applied for funding and not allocated a grant 
			  Local authority  Resort 
			 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council Weymouth 
			 Tendring District Council Dovercourt 
			 Scarborough Borough Council Filey 
			 Portsmouth City Council Portsmouth 
			 Sunderland City Council Sunderland 
			 Fylde Borough Council St. Anne's 
			 Carrick District Council Falmouth 
			 Hartlepool Borough Council Seaton Sands 
		
	
	 Wave Three 2010-11
	
		
			  Applied for funding and allocated a Sea Change grant 
			  Local authority  Resort 
			 Thanet District Council Margate 
			 North Tyneside Council Tynemouth 
			 Sunderland City Council Roker 
			 Barrow Borough Council Piel Island 
			 Wyre Borough Council Fleetwood 
			 Cornwall County Council St. Ives 
			 Plymouth City Council Plymouth 
		
	
	
		
			  Applied for funding and not allocated a grant 
			  Local authority  Resort 
			 Lancaster City Council Morecambe 
			 Southend Southend 
			 Lincolnshire County Council Chapel St. Leonards 
			 Kings Lynn and West Norfolk borough council Hunstanton 
			 East Lindsey Borough Council Skegness 
			 Lincolnshire County Council Skegness 
			 North East Lincolnshire Council Cleethorpes 
			 South Holland District Council Sutton Bridge 
			 Hartlepool Borough Council Seaton Carew 
			 Northumberland County Council Blyth 
			 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Redcar 
			 Blackpool Council Blackpool 
			 Cumbria County Council Siloth Green 
			 Lancaster City Council Morecambe 
			 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council Old Hoylake 
			 Chichester District Council Selsey 
			 East Sussex County Council Newhaven 
			 Havant Borough Council Hayling Island 
			 Kent County Council East Kent Trail 
			 Portsmouth City Council Southsea 
			 Shepway District Council Folkestone 
			 Thanet District Council Margate 
			 Devon County Council Exmouth 
			 East Devon District Council Seaton 
			 North Devon Council Ilfracombe 
			 Poole Borough Council Poole 
			 Teignbridge District Council Teignmouth 
			 West Dorset District Council Lyme Regis 
			 West Somerset Council Minehead 
			 Weymouth and Portland District Council Weymouth 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Hornsea

St. George's Day

Philip Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans his Department has to mark St George's Day.

Margaret Hodge: On 23 April the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will fly the St. George's flag alongside the Union flag to celebrate St. George's Day. English Heritage plans to mark the day with events at several properties around the country, the biggest of which will be a two-day St. George's Day festival at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire.

Theatre: Young People

Jeremy Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people have registered for Arts Council England's A Night Less Ordinary scheme.

Margaret Hodge: Central registration with Arts Council England is not required.

PRIME MINISTER

National Security Committee

Keith Vaz: To ask the Prime Minister what the membership is of the National Security Committee; how many times the Committee has met in the last 12 months; and what its remit is.

Gordon Brown: The Ministerial Committee on National Security, International Relations and Development exists to consider issues relating to national security and the Government's international, European and international development policies. Its membership is taken from relevant Ministers. The attendance of officials at ministerial committees is at the discretion of the chair of the committee. At NSID the Chief of the Defence Staff, the Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and the heads of the intelligence agencies have a standing invitation to attend meetings.

CHURCH COMMISSIONERS

Religious Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance

Anne McIntosh: To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners what recent representations the Church Commissioners have received on the effects of the scheme which rebates value added tax payable on repairs for listed places of worship.

Stuart Bell: On 11 February the General Synod made a clear statement that this extremely welcome scheme, which had by the end of January 2010 paid out over £101 million across the UK but is due to end on 31 March 2011, should be extended.
	As no provision has been agreed within the EU to allow for the reduction of VAT for repairs to listed places of worship, the Church is campaigning, in partnership with other denominations and faiths, to persuade the Government to ensure the continuation of this scheme. The scheme makes a huge difference to our parish churches which are currently spending over £110 million on repairs and we are pleased that the hon. Lady and other hon. Members are actively involving themselves in this campaign and helping us to maintain a major part of the nation's built heritage for future generations.

DEFENCE

Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

Andrew Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost in 2009-10 to his Department of the changes to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme announced on 10 February 2010.

Kevan Jones: holding answer 22 February 2010
	The Ministry of Defence (MOD) accounts for the liabilities arising from the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme on an accruals basis, which means that the full lifetime value of awards is set aside in the year in which the injury, illness or death occurred, even though payments may be made through the guaranteed income payments over an individual's lifetime. Details of the existing liabilities can be found in the Armed Forces Pension Scheme Resource Accounts which are placed in the Library of the House.
	The MOD has estimated that the additional liabilities arising from the changes proposed in the review would be between around £30 million and £40 million per annum. These liabilities would be met from within existing provision in the Defence Budget.
	In the Falkland Islands and the South Atlantic there are six manned fixed-wing aircraft and two helicopters, all from the RAF.
	There are no manned fixed-wing aircraft at sea. There are currently 10 Royal Navy helicopters at sea.
	All figures and types are only for aircraft deployed on operations as at 23 February 2010. Aircraft may also be temporarily overseas for exercises or other short-term visits.

Armed Forces: Pay

Willie Rennie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on household staff for members of the armed forces with a rank of Brigadier or equivalent and above in each of the last 12 months.

Bill Rammell: The information requested is not held centrally.

Departmental Travel

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish the travel guidelines issued to staff of each of his Department's agencies and non-departmental public bodies.

Kevan Jones: The Statement of Civilian Personnel Policy on Civilian Detached Duty Expenses has been placed in the Library of the House.
	Copies of the guidance in respect of the Department's Trading Funds UK Hydrographic Office, Met Office and Defence Science and Technology Laboratory have been placed in the Library of the House. The Defence Support Group is currently in the process of harmonising the existing travel guidelines of its Air and Land businesses and a copy will be placed in the Library of the House when the revised guidelines are complete.
	The Department's non-departmental public bodies have charitable status and are independent of the Secretary of State for Defence in relation to travel guidance. Advisory non-departmental public bodies have no staff.

Future Large Aircraft

Ben Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much funding his Department has provided to the A400M aircraft project under each budgetary heading; and for what purposes.

Quentin Davies: The cost so far to the Department of the A400M programme has been £843 million from the Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit and £5 million from the Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit. This money has been spent on aircraft development and production activities.

Members: Correspondence

Michael Spicer: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 24 November 2009 on his Department's bonus scheme.

Kevan Jones: The hon. Member's e-mail was not sent to the correct address. It has now been resent and a response will be provided shortly.

Met Office: Pay

Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been paid in bonuses to staff employed at the Met Office in each of the last five years.

Kevan Jones: Met Office staff are eligible to receive performance related pay based on achievements against specific targets agreed and monitored by the Met Office Board, which are linked to the success of the Met Office at either individual, team or organisational level. Payments are non-consolidated and represent part of Met Office staff remuneration which is at risk and needs to be re-earned each year.
	The following table details the amount paid in performance related pay to staff employed at the Met Office in each of the last five years.
	
		
			  £ 
			   Total paid in non-consolidated, performance related awards  Average award 
			 2008-09 2,720,000 1,485 
			 2007-08 2,734,000 1,545 
			 2006-07 2,491,000 1,458 
			 2005-06 2,642,000 1,499 
			 2004-05 1,742,000 968

RAF Fylingdales

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many  (a) arrests,  (b) reports,  (c) de-arrests and  (d) charges have been made under the RAF Fylingdales Military Land Byelaws since 1990.

Kevan Jones: The information requested is detailed in the following table:
	
		
			   Arrests  Reports  De-arrests  Charges 
			 1990 4 0 0 0 
			 1991 5 1 0 1 
			 1992 0 0 0 0 
			 1993 0 0 0 0 
			 1994 1 1 0 1 
			 1995 0 0 0 0 
			 1996 0 0 0 0 
			 1997 0 0 0 0 
			 1998 0 0 0 0 
			 1999 0 0 0 0 
			 2000 11 8 3 0 
		
	
	There is no record of the Military Land Byelaws at RAF Fylingdales being used by the Ministry of Defence Police after 2000. For the purposes of this response the term 'reports' has been interpreted as files that were submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service for advice.

United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he plans to privatise the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office.

Kevan Jones: We have no plans to privatise the UK Hydrographic Office.

COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Community Development: Expenditure

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding has been granted under Connecting Communities in each  (a) local authority and  (b) lower super output area in each year since 2000.

Shahid Malik: The Connecting Communities programme was launched on 14 October 2009. A table providing information on the grant funding allocated to each area to support their proposals for participating in the Connecting Communities programme has been deposited in the Library of the House.

Fire Services

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what timetable has been set for the first full year's data to be collected from fire authorities under the new Incident Recording System.

Shahid Malik: Fire and rescue authorities have been asked to provide incident record data for the first full year under the new Incident Record System by the end of May 2010. This is in order to produce the provisional national statistics which are published in the Fire Statistics Monitor Publication series at:
	www.communities.gov.uk/fire/researchandstatistics/firestatistics/firestatisticsmonitors/

Fire Services: Equipment

Michael Fallon: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 15 September 2008,  Official Report, columns 2083-4W, on fire services: equipment, what the equivalent information is for 2008-09.

Shahid Malik: holding answer 24 February 2010
	The number of front-line pumping appliances in each fire and rescue service in England during 2008-09 is shown in the table.
	The numbers of defibrillators in each Fire and Rescue Service in 2007 as provided in the answer of 15 September 2008,  Official Report, columns 2083-4W, on fire services: equipment were data collected as a one-off for the following piece of research: Current Practice and Prospects for Fire and Rescue Service Co-responding, 14/2008:
	www.communities.gov.uk/publications/fire/frscoresponding
	Information on the number of defibrillators in Fire and Rescue Services is not collected routinely and therefore data for 2008-09 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	
		
			  Fire and rescue service  Front line pumping appliances 
			 Avon 37 
			 Bedfordshire and Luton 22 
			 Buckinghamshire 31 
			 Cambridgeshire 38 
			 Cheshire 35 
			 Cleveland 22 
			 Cornwall 43 
			 County Durham and Darlington 27 
			 Cumbria 50 
			 Derbyshire 44 
			 Devon and Somerset 121 
			 Dorset 40 
			 East Sussex 35 
			 Essex 71 
			 Gloucestershire 33 
			 Greater Manchester 66 
			 Hampshire 76 
			 Hereford and Worcester 43 
			 Hertfordshire 41 
			 Humberside 49 
			 Isle of Wight 16 
			 Isles of Scilly 3 
			 Kent 86 
			 Lancashire 60 
			 Leicestershire 31 
			 Lincolnshire 48 
			 London 168 
			 Merseyside 42 
			 Norfolk 54 
			 North Yorkshire 47 
			 Northamptonshire 28 
			 Northumberland 24 
			 Nottinghamshire 36 
			 Oxfordshire 35 
			 Royal Berkshire 22 
			 Shropshire 28 
			 South Yorkshire 32 
			 Staffordshire 44 
			 Suffolk 38 
			 Surrey 35 
			 Tyne and Wear 31 
			 Warwickshire 26 
			 West Midlands 61 
			 West Sussex 46 
			 West Yorkshire 62 
			 Wiltshire 35 
			 England 2,062

Fires: Domestic Waste

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 21 July 2009,  Official Report, column 1654W, on fires: domestic waste, what the  (a) budget and  (b) timetable is for the research into fires in wheeled refuse containers.

Shahid Malik: The 2010-11 research programme is being drawn up at this time. We anticipate that draft research programmes will be considered by Ministers and we expect the outcomes of that process will be available in spring 2010.

Local Enterprise Growth Initiative

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment has been made of the effect on local economies of the Local Enterprise Growth Initiative.

Rosie Winterton: An independent national evaluation of the Local Enterprise Growth Initiative (LEGI) has been commissioned by Communities and Local Government which will measure and assess the outcomes and impacts of the programme; assess the strategic and operational fit of the fund within the wider policy environment; and identify innovation and good practice and work carried out by the LEGI partnerships.
	The final report is scheduled to be published in summer this year.

Planning Permission: Appeals

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether submissions from developers to planning appeals may be  (a) received and  (b) taken account of after the closing date for such submissions; and if he will make a statement.

Ian Austin: The Secretary of State is able to use his discretion in determining whether to consider representations received after the close of an inquiry.
	The late submission of appeal material can cause delays and late representations and evidence are therefore only accepted in exceptional circumstances.

Planning Permission: Innsworth

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions he has had with the Planning Inspectorate on the timing of submissions made by developers in respect of proposals to build houses at Innsworth, Gloucestershire, GL3 1EB.

Ian Austin: None.

Public Sector

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the interim pilot reports published as part of the Total Place initiative.

Rosie Winterton: Many of the pilots have now made their interim reports public, by either publishing them on the Total Place website or their own websites. The decision on whether to publish the interim reports was entirely a matter for the pilots.

Roads: Snow and Ice

Peter Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will bring forward proposals to include the provision of reserves of salt and grit as part of the audit requirements of local authorities.

Rosie Winterton: The Department has no plans for such proposals.

Standards Board for England: Procurement

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the names and addresses are of each organisation that supplied goods or services to the  (a) Standards Board for England and  (b) Homes and Communities Agency in 2008-09.

John Healey: A list for both bodies has been deposited in the Library of the House.

Written Questions: Government Responses

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 
	(1)  when he plans to answer Question 314663, on households in temporary accommodation, tabled on 27 January 2010;
	(2)  when he plans to answer Question 314661, on households classified as intentionally homeless, tabled on 27 January 2010;
	(3)  when he plans to answer Question 314660, on emergency accommodation, tabled on 27 January 2010;
	(4)  when he plans to answer Question 314658, on emergency accommodation, tabled on 27 January 2010;
	(5)  when he plans to answer Question 314657, on services for intentionally homeless households, tabled on 27 January 2010.

Ian Austin: I replied to the hon. Member's questions on 24 February 2010,  Official Report, columns 613-14W

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS

British Overseas Territories

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the name is of the  (a) Governor and  (b) Assistant Governor of each overseas territory.

Ivan Lewis: The names of the Governors and Deputy Governor, or equivalents, in each of the UK's Overseas Territories are as follows:
	 Anguilla
	Governor-Mr. Alistair Harrison
	Deputy Governor-Mr. Stanley Reid
	 Bermuda
	Governor-Sir Richard Gozney
	Deputy Governor-Mr. David Arkley
	 British Virgin Islands
	Governor-Mr. David Pearey
	Deputy Governor-Ms Vivian Inez Archibald
	 Cayman Islands
	Governor-Mr. Duncan Taylor
	Deputy Governor-Mr. Donovan Ebanks
	 Falkland Islands
	Governor-Mr. Alan Huckle. Mr Huckle is also Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
	Deputy Governor-There is no such position. Mr. Paul Martinez is the First Secretary in the Governor's Office and has acted as Governor during periods of substantive absence by the Governor.
	 Gibraltar
	Governor-Sir Adrian Johns
	Deputy Governor-Ms Lesley Pallett
	 Montserrat
	Governor-Mr. Peter Waterworth
	Deputy Governor-Mrs. Sarita Francis
	 Pitcairn
	Governor-Mr. George Fergusson
	Deputy Governor-Ms Ginny Silva
	 St. Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha
	Governor-Mr Andrew Gurr
	Deputy Governor-There is no such position. The Chief Secretary, Mr. Andrew Wells, has acted as Governor of St. Helena in the Governor's absence.
	Ascension Island Administrator-Mr. Ross Denny.
	Tristan da Cunha Administrator-Mr. David Morley.
	 Turks and Caicos Islands
	Governor-Mr. Gordon Wetherell
	Deputy Governor-Vacant
	 British Antarctic Territory and British Indian Ocean Territory
	The Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory and British Indian Ocean Territory is Mr. Colin Roberts.

Croatia: EU Accession

William Bain: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for West Bromwich East of 7 January 2010,  Official Report, column 565W, on Croatia: EC enlargement, what assessment he has made of the effect of the election of Ivo Josipovic as President of Croatia on that country's progress in its EU accession negotiations, with particular reference to efforts towards reform in the areas of judiciary and fundamental rights.

Chris Bryant: President Josipovic was elected for a five year term on 11 January 2010. His election campaign focussed on tackling corruption, support for European norms and the rule of law.
	In his inauguration speech as Head of State he set out the following vision:
	"It was with a vision of a European, prosperous Croatia that I embarked on the electoral process. My key motivation was that of justice, the moral and legal foundation of a better society. We have established a state, but justice and fairness are the values yet to be materialized in their full scope."
	I am confident that President Josipovic will encourage the Government of Croatia to continue vigorous efforts to meet the criteria for EU accession, particularly in the areas of tackling corruption and strengthening the judiciary and respect for fundamental rights.

Diplomatic Service: Manpower

Andrew MacKinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment has been made of the effects on levels of service of the withdrawal of management officers in the UK missions and their replacement with locally-engaged staff in  (a) Iran,  (b) Iraq,  (c) Nigeria,  (d) Russia and  (e) China; and if he will make a statement.

Chris Bryant: Our missions will continue to provide appropriate levels of service for our staff whether supported by UK or locally-based staff. In Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Russia and China, there will still be senior UK-based management staff.
	The Foreign and Commonwealth Office tries to work very much as a single team, offering full responsibility and accountability to local as well as UK-based staff in accordance with their roles. We are privileged to attract a high calibre of local staff who deliver an excellent level of service including in the area of corporate services work.

Dubai: Interpol

George Galloway: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Dubai on Interpol's request concerning named suspects in a murder investigation believed to be using details from British passports; and if he will make a statement.

Chris Bryant: holding answer 25 February 2010
	I refer the hon. Member to my hon. Friend the Minister for Europe's answer to the right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks (Mr. Hague) of 22 February 2010,  Official Report, columns 22-23, namely that on 21 February 2010 my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary spoke to Abdullah bin Zayed, the Emirati Foreign Minister.

Embassies: Closures

David Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he plans to close any overseas posts during 2010-11.

Chris Bryant: holding answer 22 February 2010
	The Government are committed to a world-class and comprehensive diplomatic service that is a credit to the UK and reflects demands for our services and the Government's priorities. I am confident that we will continue to be able both to fulfil our historic responsibilities and to pursue our modern priorities.

Falun Gong

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Falun Gong movement in the UK.

Chris Bryant: UK representatives of the Falun Gong movement were invited to meetings with non-governmental organisations, held by my predecessor the hon. Member for Harlow (Bill Rammell), as part of a wider discussion on Human Rights in China.
	Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials regularly meet with the UK representatives of the Falun Gong movement. Also at the end of last year they met with international Falun Gong researchers.
	We have serious concerns about the mistreatment of Falun Gong adherents and regularly raise this issue with the Chinese Government. We did so most recently at the UK/China Human Rights Dialogue, which was held in London in January 2009. We asked how many re-education through labour detainees there were and what proportion were Falun Gong. The Chinese responded saying that reforms of the system of re-education through labour were taking place. We will raise this issue again at the next available opportunity.

War Crimes: Arrest Warrants

Phyllis Starkey: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he plans to submit his response to the request from the UN Secretary-General under paragraph 1 of UN General Assembly Resolution 64/117 for information and observations on the scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction, including information on judicial practice; whether that response will include details of the arrest warrant procedure in the UK; and if he will publish the response.

Chris Bryant: The UK intends to respond to the UN Secretary-General's request before his deadline of 30 April. The content of our reply, including the question of whether or not to include details of the arrest warrant procedure, is currently under consideration. The Government will lay a copy of the response in the Library of the House at the earliest opportunity.

JUSTICE

Arrest Warrants

Edward Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on how many occasions statute law provisions relating to domestic arrest warrants have been amended in the last 30 years; and if he will make a statement.

Claire Ward: The statutory provision governing the issue of domestic arrest warrants is section 1 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, which in the 30 years since it was passed has been amended by three enactments-the Criminal Justice Act 1991, the Courts Act 2003 and the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

Crime

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  how many people were convicted of racist offences in  (a) London,  (b) each police force area and  (c) England and Wales in each year since 1998;
	(2)  how many people have been convicted for causing  (a) death and  (b) injury by dangerous driving in England and Wales, in each year since 1998; and how many of these offences involved (i) alcohol and (ii) drug or substance abuse;
	(3)  how many people have been convicted for using firearms or imitation firearms with intent to resist arrest in England and Wales in each year since 1998;
	(4)  how many people have been convicted for  (a) kidnapping,  (b) child abduction and  (c) false imprisonment in England and Wales in each year since 1998;
	(5)  how many people have been convicted for offences related to absconding from legal custody in each year since 1998;
	(6)  how many people were convicted of offences related to hijacking commercial lorries and tankers in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years;
	(7)  how many people have been convicted for offences of obstructing  (a) police and  (b) fire services in England and Wales in each year since 1998.

Claire Ward: The available information, up to 2008 (latest available), is shown in tables 1 to 6 which have been placed in the Library of the House.
	The Court Proceedings Database holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales. These data include information on the offence and statute for the offence. The Court Proceedings Database does not hold specific information on offences beyond descriptions provided by the statutes under which prosecutions are brought nor the circumstances of each case.
	There is no specific statute of 'hijacking commercial lorries and tankers'. Defendants may be proceeded against for offences of theft or conspiracy to steal, etc. Centrally available motoring offences data do not separately identify commercial lorries and tankers from other types of motor vehicle. Data for 2009 are planned for publication in autumn, 2010.

Departmental Disabled Staff

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of staff in  (a) his Department and  (b) the executive agencies for which he is responsible are disabled; and what the average salary in (i) his Department and (ii) the executive agencies is of (A) full-time disabled staff, (B) full-time non-disabled staff, (C) part-time disabled staff and (D) part-time non-disabled staff.

Michael Wills: The requirement to make a declaration about disability is voluntary and significant numbers of staff have chosen not to make a disclosure. Overall, within the Ministry of Justice (excluding the National Offender Management Services (NOMS)) 73 per cent. have completed a declaration. Among full-time staff 58 per cent. have completed a declaration form, with 3.9 per cent. recording that they have a disability. Among part-time staff 3.5 per cent. declared a disability.
	For NOMS, 55 per cent. of directly employed staff have completed a declaration, with 6 per cent. recording that they have a disability. Among full-time staff 55 per cent. completed a declaration, of whom 6 per cent. declared a disability and among part-time staff 58 per cent. completed a declaration and 6 per cent. of those declared a disability.
	2 per cent. of senior civil servants (SCS) employed within the Ministry have declared a disability. As the actual number of SCS staff involved is less than 10, any disclosure of their working patterns and average salaries may lead to individual identification.
	For staff employed in grades below the SCS, insufficient numbers of employees have made any declaration of their status in relation to disability to enable the Ministry to determine, with any accuracy, average salary information.
	However, during 2008-09 (the latest figures available) the average salary for full-time staff employed in the Ministry of Justice (excluding National Offender Management Services (NOMS)) was £23,986 and the average full-time equivalent (FTE) salary for part-time staff for 2008-09 was £20,717. For staff employed within NOMS, at 31 January 2010 the average full-time salary was £24,876 and the average FTE salary for part-time staff was £23,986.
	Both the Ministry of Justice and NOMS encourages staff to declare relevant information to assist with diversity monitoring.

Drug Offences

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many children were  (a) arrested,  (b) prosecuted and  (c) imprisoned for (i) all drugs offences and (ii) Class A drugs offences in each of the last five years.

Claire Ward: The arrests collection is held by the Home Office and covers arrests for recorded crime (notifiable offences) only, broken down at a main offence group level, covering categories such as violence against the person and robbery.
	Information provided by the Home Office on 10 to 17-year-olds arrested for drug offences covering 2003-04 to 2007-08 (latest available) is provided in Table 1. It is not possible to separately identify arrests for Class A drugs from the information on arrests for drug offences reported to the Home Office.
	Data on arrests for 2008-09 are scheduled to be published on 15 April 2010.
	The number of persons aged 10 to 17 years proceeded against at magistrates courts for all drugs offences and Class A drugs offences, and those receiving a sentence of immediate custody at all courts, England and Wales, 2004 to 2008 (latest available) is given in Table 2. Court proceedings data are published on a calendar year basis.
	Court proceedings data for 2009 are planned for publication in the autumn 2010.
	
		
			  Table 1: Number of persons aged 10 to 17 arrested for drug offences, England and Wales 2003-04 to 2007-08( 1) 
			   Number of arrests for drug offences 
			 2003-04 18,100 
			 2004-05 14,600 
			 2005-06 14,400 
			 2006-07 12,800 
			 2007-08 15,018 
			 (1) Figures for 2006-07 onwards are unrounded, previous years rounded.  Source: Home Office Statistics. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2 : The number of defendants aged 10 to 17 proceeded against at magistrates courts and sentenced to immediate custody at all courts for all drugs offences and Class A drugs offences, England and Wales, 2004-08( 1, 2, 3) 
			   Defendants 
			   Proceeded against  Immediate custody 
			  Offence  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008 
			 All drugs offences 5,125 5,214 4,977 5,855 6,928 181 200 214 214 284 
			  Of which:   
			 Class A drugs offences 850 875 897 1,067 1,064 133 160 168 170 225 
			 (1) The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3 )Excludes convictions for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2008.  Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services-Ministry of Justice.

Drugs: Convictions

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been convicted of a drug trafficking offence  (a) as a result of an investigation by the Serious Organised Crime Agency and  (b) in total in each year since 1998.

Alan Johnson: I have been asked to reply.
	The number of defendants found guilty at all courts in England and Wales for drug trafficking offences, from 1998 to 2008 (latest available) can be viewed in the table. Court proceedings statistical data held by the Ministry of Justice do not include the circumstances of each case and therefore cannot identify any investigating agency.
	The Serious Organised Crime Agency was set up to reduce the harm to the UK caused by serious organised crime. Criminal prosecution is only one of a number of tools SOCA uses. With its partners, SOCA undertakes a range of activities against drug trafficking, including work to secure criminal convictions. SOCA is not able to say how many people have been convicted of a specific drug trafficking offence since its inception. However, SOCA records show that the following number of people have been convicted as a result of operations countering drug trafficking.
	
		
			  Convictions for drug trafficking 
			   UK  Overseas 
			 2006-07 215 20 
			 2007-08 199 24 
			 2008-09 197 20 
		
	
	
		
			  The number of defendants found guilty at all courts in England and Wales for drug trafficking offences1, from 1998 to 20082,( 3) 
			  Offence description  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008( 4) 
			 Unlawful importation of a drug controlled under misuse of Drugs Act 1971 1,190 1,171 1,165 1,648 1,599 1,063 975 1,026 835 783 745 
			 Unlawful exportation of a drug controlled under misuse of Drugs Act 1971 59 25 40 30 21 18 37 35 35 36 31 
			 Production of or being concerned in the production of a controlled drug. 1,779 1,477 1,175 952 1,114 1,657 1,379 1,360 1,480 2,120 2,627 
			 Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply. 5,549 5,069 4,607 4,405 4,452 4,834 4,887 5,097 5,062 5,499 6,443 
			 Supplying or offering to supply (or being concerned in supplying or offering to supply) a controlled drug. 3,819 3,717 3,341 3,214 3,300 3,461 3,619 3,707 3,499 3,507 3,940 
			 Having a controlled drug in possession on a ship; Being knowingly concerned in the carrying or concealing of a controlled drug on a ship. 16 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 
			 Concealing or transferring the proceeds of drug trafficking; Assisting another person to retain the benefit of drug trafficking; Acquisition, possession or use of proceeds of drug trafficking 16 30 26 42 38 49 27 20 6 7 6 
			 Total 12,428 11,490 10,355 10,297 10,525 11,083 10,925 11,246 10,918 11,953 13,792 
			 (1) Includes offences under statutes: Customs and Excise Management Act 1979; Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 as amended by Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990; Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. (2) The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. ( 3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (4) Excludes Convictions for Cardiff magistrates' court for April, July and August 2008  Source:  Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice

Drugs: Convictions

John Penrose: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 24 November 2009,  Official Report, column 84W, on drugs: crime, how many people were convicted of offences of drug  (a) possession and  (b) dealing in Avon and Somerset police force area in 2008.

Claire Ward: Pursuant to the answer of 24 November 2009, the number of persons found guilty at all courts for drug possession and dealing in the Avon and Somerset police force area in 2008 (latest available) can be viewed in the following table:
	
		
			  Number of persons found guilty at all courts for the possession and dealing of drugs, Avon and Somerset police force area 2008( 1,2,3) 
			  Offence  2008 
			 Having possession of a controlled drug 707 
			 Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply 154 
			 Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug 64 
			  Notes:  1. The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.  2. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  3. Excludes convictions data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July, and August 2008.   Source:  Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice.

Drugs: Fine

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2010,  Official Report, columns 490-3W, on drugs: fines, what the number of people fined for  (a) possession and  (b) possession with intent to supply was as a proportion of all those convicted of both offences in each year for which the data are provided.

Claire Ward: The requested information is shown in the following tables.
	
		
			  Number of persons fined and total sentenced, at all courts, for having possession of a controlled drug by drug type and year, 1998 to 2008 
			  England and Wales 
			  Drug type and year  Number of persons fined  Total sentenced  Fine rate (percentage) 
			  Cannabis
			 1998 15,503 22,616 68.5 
			 1999 15,215 22,672 67.1 
			 2000 13,638 20,799 65.6 
			 2001 12,960 20,736 62.5 
			 2002 14,123 23,627 59.8 
			 2003 15,172 25,665 59.1 
			 2004 6,972 13,302 52.4 
			 2005 6,316 12,050 52.4 
			 2006 6,368 12,452 51.1 
			 2007 6,839 14,004 48.8 
			 2008 8,694 17,831 48.8 
			 
			  Cocaine
			 1998 1,003 1,642 61.1 
			 1999 1,243 2,035 61.1 
			 2000 1,117 1,884 59.3 
			 2001 1,107 1,977 56.0 
			 2002 1,332 2,233 59.7 
			 2003 1,411 2,455 57.5 
			 2004 1,516 2,737 55.4 
			 2005 1,731 3,161 54.8 
			 2006 2,055 3,981 51.6 
			 2007 2,307 4,882 47.3 
			 2008 2,839 5,825 48.7 
			 
			  Crack Cocaine
			 1998 192 361 53.2 
			 1999 246 483 50.9 
			 2000 265 506 52.4 
			 2001 281 626 44.9 
			 2002 394 786 50.1 
			 2003 381 862 44.2 
			 2004 328 846 38.8 
			 2005 386 921 41.9 
			 2006 392 973 40.3 
			 2007 409 1,211 33.8 
			 2008 572 1,549 36.9 
			 
			  Ecstasy (MDMA)
			 1998 408 743 54.9 
			 1999 681 1,253 54.3 
			 2000 1,038 2,002 51.8 
			 2001 1,201 2,485 48.3 
			 2002 1,078 2,170 49.7 
			 2003 1,023 2,001 51.1 
			 2004 840 1,849 45.4 
			 2005 761 1,672 45.5 
			 2006 672 1,524 44.1 
			 2007 618 1,571 39.3 
			 2008 404 974 41.5 
			 
			  Heroin
			 1998 1,505 4,311 34.9 
			 1999 1,660 4,836 34.3 
			 2000 1,715 5,143 33.3 
			 2001 1,856 5,436 34.1 
			 2002 1,758 5,040 34.9 
			 2003 1,541 4,563 33.8 
			 2004 1,405 4,258 33.0 
			 2005 1,230 3,942 31.2 
			 2006 1,159 3,939 29.4 
			 2007 1,335 4,628 28.8 
			 2008 1,478 4,870 30.3 
			  Notes: 1. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe. 2. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. 3. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice 
		
	
	
		
			  Number of persons fined and total sentenced, at all courts, for having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply by drug type and year, 1998 to 2008 
			  England and Wales 
			  Drug type and year  Number of persons fined  Total sentenced  Percentage of persons given fines 
			  Cannabis
			 1998 244 2,713 9.0 
			 1999 197 2,316 8.5 
			 2000 163 1,872 8.7 
			 2001 100 1,401 7.1 
			 2002 103 1,383 7.4 
			 2003 111 1,462 7.6 
			 2004 79 1,210 6.5 
			 2005 62 950 6.5 
			 2006 29 884 3.3 
			 2007 32 910 3.4 
			 2008 48 1,142 6.3 
			 
			  Cocaine
			 1998 9 332 2.7 
			 1999 8 345 2.3 
			 2000 10 350 2.9 
			 2001 9 444 2.0 
			 2002 13 538 2.4 
			 2003 19 682 2.8 
			 2004 14 796 1.8 
			 2005 14 930 1.5 
			 2006 9 986 0.9 
			 2007 19 1,165 1.6 
			 2008 11 1,530 0.7 
			 
			  Crack Cocaine
			 1998 3 85 3.5 
			 1999 2 72 2.8 
			 2000 1 90 1.1 
			 2001 5 118 4.2 
			 2002 2 161 1.2 
			 2003 2 235 0.9 
			 2004 3 232 1.3 
			 2005 7 303 2.3 
			 2006 3 298 1.0 
			 2007 3 364 0.8 
			 2008 0 451 0.0 
			 
			  Ecstasy (MDMA)
			 1998 11 291 3.8 
			 1999 16 454 3.5 
			 2000 20 736 2.7 
			 2001 20 982 2.0 
			 2002 22 843 2.6 
			 2003 24 743 3.2 
			 2004 10 603 1.7 
			 2005 8 551 1.5 
			 2006 10 419 2.4 
			 2007 7 509 1.4 
			 2008 0 348 0.0 
			 
			  Heroin
			 1998 13 830 1.6 
			 1999 18 912 2.0 
			 2000 8 943 0.8 
			 2001 24 1,023 2.3 
			 2002 9 945 1.0 
			 2003 12 1,121 1.1 
			 2004 3 1,145 0.3 
			 2005 5 1,118 0.4 
			 2006 8 1,101 0.7 
			 2007 6 1,138 0.5 
			 2008 3 1,331 0.2 
			  Notes: 1. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe. 2. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. 3. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.  Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice

Drugs: Rehabilitation

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2010,  Official Report, column 493W, on drugs: rehabilitation, what proportion of offenders issued with a drug rehabilitation requirement or drug treatment and testing order completed a drug treatment programme in each of the last five years.

Claire Ward: The drug treatment and testing order (DTTO) and drug rehabilitation requirement (DRR) completion rate for each of the last five years is shown in the following table.
	The proportion of offenders successfully completing DTTOs and DRRs has risen significantly from 28 per cent. in 2003 to 47 per cent. in 2008-09. This is encouraging because we know from research that offenders who complete orders have significantly lower reconviction rates (53 per cent.) than those that do not (91 per cent.)(1), although it is not possible to attribute this difference entirely to the programme.
	These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.
	
		
			  Drug treatment and testing order (DTTO)/drug rehabilitation requirement (DRR) completion rate 
			   Percentage 
			 2004-05 36 
			 2005-06 40 
			 2006-07 44 
			 2007-08 43 
			 2008-09 47 
		
	
	(1) Hough, M., Clancy, A., McSweeney, T. and Turnbull, P.J. (2003) 'The Impact of Drug Treatment and Testing Orders on offending: two year reconviction results'. Home Office Research Findings No. 184. London: Home Office.

Family Conciliation Services

Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the  (a) highest,  (b) lowest and  (c) average cost was to the public purse of a child contact case heard in the last five years.

Bridget Prentice: The Ministry of Justice incurs costs in cases involving child contact issues in respect of legal aid and the administration of the courts.
	Table 1 shows the highest, lowest and average legal aid cost in cases involving child contact for each of the last five years. These cases may include other issues, such as residence, as well as contact. The figures show the gross legal costs paid, and do not deduct any amounts recovered through contributions by the assisted party or otherwise.
	The figures in table 2 show the average court cost for private law Children Act cases heard in the family proceedings courts and county courts for the four years since 2005-06. The costs shown are gross and do not deduct income from court fees.
	It is not possible to disaggregate court costs in a way that would allow them to be attributed to individual cases. Therefore, figures for the highest and lowest case cost cannot be provided.
	
		
			  Table 1 
			  £ 
			   Highest cost  Lowest cost  Average cost 
			 2004-05 122,360 10 2,532 
			 2005-06 184,735 10 2,769 
			 2006-07 140,985 14 3,229 
			 2007-08 188,236 11 3,437 
			 2008-09 232,508 10 3,176 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2 
			   £ 
			   Average costs 
			   Family proceedings court  County court 
			 2005-06 (1)893 (1)1,126 
			 2006-07 (2)1,183 (1)1,259 
			 2007-08 (2)1,346 (1)1,212 
			 2008-09 (2)1,941 (1)1,092 
			 (1 )A11 private law Children Act cases including, contact, residence, parental responsibility and financial provision.  (2 )Contact and residence only.

Firearms: Convictions

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2010,  Official Report, column 498W, on firearms convictions, how many  (a) males and  (b) females aged (i) 10 and under, (ii) between 10 and 16, (iii) between 17 and 18 and (iv) over 18 years were convicted of possessing or distributing prohibited weapons or ammunition in each year since 1998.

Claire Ward: Pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2010,  Official Report, column 498W, the number of persons found guilty at all courts for selected firearms related offences, by age group from 1998 to 2008 (latest available) can be viewed in the following table.
	The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is 10 years of age.
	Court proceedings data for 2009 are planned for publication in the autumn, 2010.
	
		
			  Table 1: The number of persons found guilty at all courts for selected firearms related offences, by age group, England and Wales, from 1998 to 2008( 1, 2)  Possessing or distributing prohibited weapons or ammunition-Firearms Act 1968 
			   1998  1999  2000( 3)  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008( 4) 
			  Males
			 Age 10-16 19 21 22 29 41 32 27 14 6 9 9 
			 Age 17-18 71 49 53 75 62 54 69 42 27 20 44 
			 Age 19 and over 862 668 606 599 638 730 586 286 229 219 296 
			 All Ages 952 738 681 703 741 816 682 342 262 248 349 
			 
			  Females
			 Age 10-16 3 1 1 - - 5 2 1 - 1 1 
			 Age 17-18 6 3 - - 7 4 3 - - 1 1 
			 Age 19 and over 83 70 51 54 47 74 42 10 13 14 10 
			 All Ages 92 74 52 54 54 83 47 11 13 16 12 
			 
			  Persons
			 Age 10-16 22 22 23 29 41 37 29 15 6 10 10 
			 Age 17-18 77 52 53 75 69 58 72 42 27 21 45 
			 Age 19 and over 945 738 657 653 685 804 628 296 242 233 306 
			 All Ages 1,044 812 733 757 795 899 729 353 275 264 361 
			 (1) The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3) Staffordshire Police Force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates' courts for the year 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table. (4) Excludes convictions data for Cardiff magistrates' court for April, July, and August 2008.  Source:  Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice

Hackney

Diane Abbott: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency, the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997.

Michael Wills: The Ministry of Justice's work spans criminal, civil and family justice, democracy, rights and the constitution. Every year around nine million people use our services in 900 locations across the United Kingdom, including 650 courts and tribunals and 139 prisons in England and Wales.
	The range of the Department's policies and actions is wide and the statistical information relating to it is not normally collected on a constituency basis. Consequently, some of the information requested in the question cannot be provided in the form requested except at a disproportionate cost.
	Although data on sentencing for the period is not available for the constituency of Hackney, North and Stoke Newington, it is available for London. This shows the total number of offenders sentenced annually was 202,478 in 1997 and 242,429 in 2008, the latest period for which such information is available.
	The number of offences brought to justice for London increased from 119,531 for the 12 months ending 31 March 2001 (the earliest period since which such data has been compiled) to 230,202 (provisional figures) for the 12 months ending 31 March 2009.
	With regard to prosecutions, data is not available for the constituency of Hackney, North and Stoke Newington. However, the total number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts by the Metropolitan police was 260,328 in 1997 compared to 279,581 in 2008.
	The latest data, which covers reoffending in the period 1 October 2008 to 30 September 2009, showed that the three month reoffending rate for offenders on the probation caseload in Hackney was 8.04 per cent. After controlling for changes in the characteristics of offenders on the probation caseload, there was a reduction in reoffending of 8.49 per cent. compared to the 2007-08 baseline. Data is not available prior to 2007 on this basis.
	The number of persons commencing court order supervision by the probation service in London was 17,214 in 1997 and 23,787 in 2008.
	158,440 civil non-family proceedings were started in the county courts of London Civil and Family HM Courts Service (HMCS) area in 2008, compared to 263,305 in 1998, the first year for which these figures are available. In respect of family law, there were also 15,512 private law applications and 870 public law applications made in the county or High Courts of this HMCS area in 2008-09, compared to 11,684 and 1,095 respectively in 2003-04, the first annual period for which these figures are available.
	In addition, at a national level:
	Local communities are being better engaged in criminal justice-by giving them a say in the types of Community Payback projects offenders carry out and allowing them to see justice being done, for example through the use of high visibility jackets. Offenders have now worked more than 14 million hours, with an estimated value to the taxpayer of over £80 million.
	Major constitutional reforms have been delivered, including devolution, the Human Rights Act, Freedom of Information, Lords Reform, and a new Supreme Court for the UK.

Knives: Sentencing

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2010,  Official Report, column 548W, on knife sentencing, what the  (a) lowest,  (b) highest and  (c) average fine was for the selling of knives to a minor in each year since 1998.

Claire Ward: The requested information is provided in the following table.
	
		
			  Average, highest and lowest fines given for selling a knife or other bladed article to a person under age( 1) , 1998 to 2008 
			   1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008 
			 Highest fine (£) 2,000 100 (2)- 3,250 4,000 4,000 3,000 2,500 4,500 2,000 3,500 
			 Average fine (£) (3)- (3)- (2)- 1,400 1,518 1,123 1,200 726 813 540 1,035 
			 Lowest fine (£) 700 100 (2)- 100 75 70 200 100 75 100 50 
			 
			 Total fined 2 1 0 8 10 14 6 25 43 29 22 
			 (1) 16 as enacted by the Criminal Justice Act 1988 amended to 18 by Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006. (2) Not applicable (zero fines) (3) Figure suppressed as number too small to give meaningful average.  Note: These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.

Legal Aid: Sexual Offences

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will instruct legal aid providers to withdraw support from an individual in circumstances in which that individual presents a continuing threat to others, with particular reference to offences of paedophilia and rape.

Bridget Prentice: Any individual charged with a criminal offence has the right to a fair trial, and is also entitled to legal aid if the interests of justice so require and if the relevant financial eligibility criteria are met.
	The criteria governing eligibility for criminal legal aid take no account of whether or not the applicant has previously been convicted of a criminal offence. Nor do they allow for the withdrawal of legal aid if details of criminal offences committed by the applicant subsequently come to light.
	The same principle applies to the civil legal aid, although exceptionally the applicant's past conduct may be taken into account if it has a direct relevance to the funding being sought.

Offenders

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2010,  Official Report, column 501W, on offenders, how many  (a) adult and  (b) juvenile offenders there were in each category.

Claire Ward: Figures for number of  (a) adult and  (b) juvenile offenders sentenced for indictable offences in England and Wales between 2000 and 2008 with no previous convictions or cautions are presented in the following table.
	
		
			  Offenders sentenced for indictable offences with no previous convictions or cautions by age group( 1) , 2000-08, England and Wales 
			   Adult  Juvenile 
			   All sentenced offenders( 2)  First time offenders( 3)  Percentage of first time offenders  All sentenced offenders( 2)  First time offenders( 3)  Percentage of first time offenders 
			 2000 269,637 32,950 12.2 52,269 6,659 12.7 
			 2001 267,979 31,929 11.9 52,844 6,504 12.3 
			 2002 283,444 31,240 11.0 52,538 6,395 12.2 
			 2003 288,261 30,882 10.7 49,998 5,885 11.8 
			 2004 271,717 30,846 11.4 51,138 6,162 12.0 
			 2005 255,460 29,531 11.6 52,775 6,142 11.6 
			 2006 250,384 28,436 11.4 52,942 5,764 10.9 
			 2007 258,424 28,309 11.0 55,307 5,637 10.2 
			 2008 274,657 28,687 10.4 50,835 5,148 10.1 
			 (1) Excluding offenders whose age at sentence was not recorded on the PNC. (2) Counts of person sentenced during the year. An offender may be counted more than once if he or she has been sentenced more than once during the year. (3) Offenders who have never been cautioned or convicted previously. 
		
	
	These figures are taken from Table 6.4 of 'Sentencing Statistics 2008' which was published on 28 January 2010 and can be found at:
	http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/sentencingannual.htm
	The figures have been drawn from the police's administrative IT system, the police national computer, which, as with any large scale recording system, is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. The figures are provisional and subject to change as more information is recorded by the police.

Political Parties: Finance

Francis Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what discussions he has had with Sir Hayden Phillips on the online publication of the background papers to his consideration of the funding of political parties.

Michael Wills: On 21 October 2009, Sir Hayden Phillips wrote to the representatives of each of the political parties participating in the inter-party talks asking whether they would consent to the release and publication of the background papers and minutes from the inter-party talks on the funding of political parties. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (Mr. Straw) has since responded to Sir Hayden in his capacity as Labour Party participant. Ministry of Justice officials have responded separately to Sir Hayden in respect of the background papers prepared by the Department. I understand that Sir Hayden is currently considering the parties' responses.

Political Parties: Finance

Francis Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will publish the minutes of the final meeting of Sir Hayden Phillips' review of the funding of political parties.

Michael Wills: I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (Mr. Straw) to the hon. Member for Chichester (Mr. Tyrie) on 16 October 2009,  Official Report, column 1194W.

Prisons: Drugs

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what progress has been made on the development of a National Intelligence Model to enable the National Offender Management Service to disrupt the supply of illicit drugs into prisons.

Maria Eagle: The National Offender Management Service is preparing revised guidance on the management and use of intelligence in prisons. While not meeting the specific technical criteria of a National Intelligence Model, it describes key strategic tools and processes for the effective gathering, analysis and action from intelligence. On the specific issue of addressing illicit drug supply, a range of measures in combination disrupt the supply of drugs into prisons. The level of drug misuse in prisons as measured by mandatory drug testing has declined by 68 per cent. since 1996-97.

Prisons: Drugs

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people in each of the 10  (a) most and  (b) least deprived local authority areas have (i) undertaken drug treatment programmes and (ii) been convicted of (A) alcohol-related offences and (B) violent crimes in each of the last five years.

Claire Ward: The available information from the Department of Health is shown in the following tables, showing the number of adults in drug treatment by year in the top 10 most and least deprived partnerships:
	
		
			  Number of adults in treatment by year in top 10 most deprived partnerships, 2005-06 to 2008-09( 1) 
			  Partnership name  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 Birmingham 5,330 5,832 6,439 6,894 
			 Hackney 1,050 1,498 1,643 1,704 
			 Islington 1,610 1,754 1,538 1,739 
			 Kingston upon Hull 2,098 2,214 2,026 2,249 
			 Knowsley 885 1,111 1,153 1,109 
			 Liverpool 3,951 4,046 4,213 4,510 
			 Manchester 3,233 3,476 3,538 3,671 
			 Middlesbrough 1,250 1,352 1,477 1,812 
			 Newham 1,014 1,276 1,346 1,307 
			 Tower Hamlets 1,225 1,448 1,644 1,709 
		
	
	
		
			  Number of adults in treatment by year in top 10 least deprived partnerships, 2005-06 to 2008-09( 1) 
			  Partnership name  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 Bracknell Forest 123 151 190 236 
			 Buckinghamshire 862 790 872 947 
			 Richmond upon Thames 628 665 698 598 
			 Rutland 21 26 21 22 
			 South Gloucestershire 475 534 825 786 
			 Surrey 2,072 2,041 1,924 1,955 
			 West Berkshire 211 250 265 282 
			 Wiltshire 730 709 767 741 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead 244 287 297 317 
			 Wokingham 156 187 189 202 
			 (1) The partnerships were taken from CLG data, Indices of Deprivation 2007. The statistics were provided by the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA). 
		
	
	The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on convictions by local authority area.
	In addition to show the volume of persons who have been convicted of such offences and undertaken drug treatment could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
	Further information on deprivation and crime is available from the Office of National Statistics' Neighbourhood Statistics website:
	http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/

Young Offender Institutions

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the  (a) capacity and  (b) population was of each young offender institution in each of the last five years.

Claire Ward: The following tables give the population and capacity of each Young Offender Institution in England and Wales.
	
		
			  Young Offender Prison Establishments in England and Wales 2005-09 
			   As at June 2005  As at June 2006  As at June 2007 
			  Establishment  Population  Capacity  Population  Capacity  Population  Capacity 
			 Ashfield 310 360 357 380 385 400 
			 Aylesbury 425 438 442 444 441 444 
			 Brinsford 444 493 473 489 473 489 
			 Castington 352 410 385 410 386 410 
			 Cookham Wood - - - - - - 
			 Deerbolt 434 518 407 458 417 449 
			 Feltham 608 761 604 764 599 764 
			 Glen Parva 785 808 799 808 813 808 
			 Hindley 403 455 418 455 502 515 
			 Huntercombe 340 368 356 368 359 365 
			 Lancaster Farms 521 527 518 527 530 527 
			 Northallerton 196 209 218 248 249 252 
			 Portland 392 398 479 524 542 557 
			 Reading 291 297 283 297 262 287 
			 Rochester 391 392 388 392 387 392 
			 Stoke Heath 624 690 663 690 673 690 
			 Swinfen Hall 581 590 606 620 619 620 
			 Thorn Cross 234 316 205 321 240 321 
			 Warren Hill 211 222 216 222 212 222 
			 Werrington 134 148 155 162 146 162 
			 Wetherby 342 360 338 363 354 360 
		
	
	
		
			   As at June 2008  As at June 2009 
			  Establishment  Population  Capacity  Population  Capacity 
			 Ashfield 397 400 338 400 
			 Aylesbury 437 444 433 444 
			 Brinsford 525 569 521 569 
			 Castington 398 410 371 410 
			 Cookham Wood 34 59 86 90 
			 Deerbolt 443 453 431 513 
			 Feltham 629 762 680 762 
			 Glen Parva 811 808 793 808 
			 Hindley 494 523 289 515 
			 Huntercombe 347 365 260 365 
			 Lancaster Farms 521 517 493 530 
			 Northallerton 241 252 232 252 
			 Portland 614 624 553 624 
			 Reading 240 297 242 297 
			 Rochester 388 392 647 700 
			 Stoke Heath 619 634 580 678 
			 Swinfen Hall 614 624 616 624 
			 Thorn Cross 233 322 301 322 
			 Warren Hill 214 222 188 222 
			 Werrington 137 162 130 162 
			 Wetherby 310 320 360 408 
			  Note: Only those establishments with a predominant function of YOI are shown. 
		
	
	These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

Young Offenders

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many  (a) 10 to 14-year-olds,  (b) 14 to 17-year-olds and  (c) 18 to 21-year-olds were sentenced to a period of custody in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007.

Claire Ward: The requested information is shown in the following table:
	
		
			  Number of juveniles and young offenders sentenced to immediate custody by age group and year, 1997, 2007-England and Wales 
			  Number of offenders 
			   Total sentenced  Immediate custody 
			  Age group  1997  2007  1997  2007 
			 10-14 11,629 19,368 130 513 
			 15-17 67,463 78,019 6,953 5,317 
			 18-21 202,583 186,349 20,836 18,771 
			  Notes:  1. The 18-21 age band differs from the standard age definition of young adults (aged 18-20). Offenders aged 21 will be eligible for a slightly different range of custodial and community sentences than offenders aged 18 to 20.  2. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.  3. These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.   Source:  Justice Statistics Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice Ref: PQ(JSAS)318445 (26/02/2010).

Young Offenders

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many  (a) 10 to 14 year-olds,  (b) 14 to 17 year-olds and  (c) 18 to 21 year-olds did not comply with a community order in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007.

Claire Ward: In answer to part  (c), of those community orders which terminated in 2007 for those aged 18 to 21, 13 per cent. (3,865) were terminated because of further offences being committed and 26 per cent. (7,505) were terminated because the offender failed to comply with the order.
	Data are only available from April 2005 as the community order was introduced under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 on 4 April 2005.
	These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
	For parts  (a) and  (b), the data held by the Youth Justice Board do not allow them to ascertain how many young people failed to comply with a community order, as they is compiled by offence, not by young person, and exclude the majority of cases of non-compliance, where a young person was warned but the matter was not brought to court.

Young Offenders

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  how many  (a) 10 to 14 year-olds,  (b) 14 to 17 year-olds and  (c) 18 to 21 year-olds were charged with a criminal offence in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007;
	(2)  how many  (a) 10 to 14 year-olds,  (b) 14 to 17 year-olds and  (c) 18 to 21 year-olds were convicted of a criminal offence in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007.

Claire Ward: The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts, by age group, England and Wales 1997, 2007 and 2008 (latest available) can be viewed in the following table.
	The Ministry of Justice do not collect charging data; proceeded against information has been provided in lieu.
	
		
			  Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for all offences, by age group England and Wales 1997, 2007 and 2008( 1,2,3) 
			   Proceeded against  Found guilty 
			  Age group  1997  2007  2008  1997  2007  2008 
			 10-14 19,120 24,975 21,703 11,627 19,373 17,382 
			 15-17 103,475 101,559 89,260 67,524 78,068 71,009 
			 18-21 280,227 228,561 222,501 202,929 186,734 185,780 
			 22 and over 1,436,563 1,366,400 1,295,649 1,092,435 1,123,790 1,080,975 
			 All ages 1,839,385 1,721,495 1,629,113 1,374,515 1,407,965 1,355,146 
			 (1) The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3) Excludes convictions data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July, and August 2008.  Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the cost to criminal justice services of dealing with young offenders in 2008-09.

Maria Eagle: We do not have an estimate of the overall cost to criminal justice services of dealing with young offenders and this would be available only at disproportionate cost. However, the Youth Justice Board Annual Accounts show that 2008-09 they received funding of £495.287 million, which funds all of its functions including funding for local authorities' youth offending teams and operation of the secure estate. The YJB's forthcoming publication "Youth Justice Annual Workload Data 2008-09" reports that local authorities and their partners, such as social services, police and probation, contributed a further £222.8 million to the operation of youth offending teams in England and Wales in 2008-09.

Young Offenders

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the change in the number of 10 to 14-year-olds  (a) convicted of and  (b) receiving a custodial sentence for burglary was between 1996 and 2009.

Claire Ward: The available information is shown in the following table. 2009 data are not yet available and will be published in the Ministry of Justice Statistics Bulletin "Sentencing statistics, England and Wales 2009", due for publication autumn 2010.
	
		
			  Number of 10 to 14-year-olds sentenced for burglary and sentenced to immediate custody for burglary by year, 1996-2008, England and Wales 
			  Number of offenders 
			   Total sentenced for burglary  Immediate custody for burglary 
			 1996 1,589 21 
			 1997 1,595 38 
			 1998 1,834 62 
			 1999 1,780 89 
			 2000 1,598 147 
			 2001 1,553 167 
			 2002 1,708 159 
			 2003 1,451 134 
			 2004 1,583 132 
			 2005 1,583 109 
			 2006 1,482 133 
			 2007 1,417 97 
			 2008 1,249 87 
			  Notes:  1. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. 2. These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.  Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice Ref: PQ(JSAS)318494 (26/02/2010).

Young Offenders: Sentencing

Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many sentences for each type of offence were handed down to young offenders aged between  (a) 10 and 17 and  (b) 18 and 20 years in 2008.

Claire Ward: The requested information is provided in the following table:
	
		
			  Total sentences handed down to young offenders, for each type of offence, 2008 
			   Ages 
			   10 to 17  18 to 20 
			 Violence against the person 7,390 7,280 
			 Sexual offences 513 373 
			 Burglary 5,419 3964 
			 Robbery 3,621 1,751 
			 Theft and handling stolen goods 15,953 12,312 
			 Fraud and forgery 520 1,407 
			 Criminal damage 2,616 1,670 
			 Drug offences 6,373 7,510 
			 Other indictable offences 3,532 5,782 
			 Indictable motoring offences 327 834 
			 Summary offences (excluding motoring) 34,380 54,501 
			 Summary motoring offences 7,731 40,191 
			 Total sentenced 88,375 137,575 
			  Notes: 1. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. 2. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. 3. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe. 4. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.  Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice

Youth Justice Board

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the real terms change in spending on  (a) the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales and  (b) local youth offending teams was between 2000 and 2007.

Maria Eagle: For the financial year 2006-07 funding to the Youth Justice Board (YJB) from the Home Office and DFES/DCSF has increased in real terms by £199,954,000 to £457,413,000 from its funding of £234,305,000 in 2000-01.
	YJB funding to Youth Offending teams increased in real terms by £86,868,000 to £118,482,000 from its funding of £28,600,000 over the same period. YOTs also receive funding from other Government sources at local level (including police, probation, social services and via local authorities).

Youth Justice Board

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average cost was of a Young Offender Place purchased by the Youth Justice Board in 2008-09.

Maria Eagle: For the financial year 2008-09, the average cost of place in a young offender institution for 15 to 17-year-olds was £58,000. This figure has been provided by the Youth Justice Board.

Youth Justice Board

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average cost was of a secure training centre place purchased by the Youth Justice Board in 2008-09.

Maria Eagle: For the financial year 2008-09, the average cost of place in a secure training centre was £153,000. This figure has been provided by the Youth Justice Board.

Youth Justice Board

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average cost was of a place in a secure children's home purchased by the Youth Justice Board in 2008-09.

Maria Eagle: For the financial year 2008-09, the average cost of custodial place in a secure children's home was £210,000. This figure has been provided by the Youth Justice Board.

ENVIRONMENT FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Animal Welfare: Circuses

Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will take steps to prevent the use of wild animals in circuses.

Jim Fitzpatrick: After careful consideration of recent studies and the representations we have received on the issue of wild animal acts in travelling circuses, on 21 December 2009 DEFRA launched a public consultation on how best to safeguard the welfare of these animals.
	We are consulting on three options:
	A complete ban on the use of wild animals in travelling circuses.
	Voluntary self-regulation of the use of wild animals in travelling circuses.
	Compulsory statutory regulation of the use of wild animals in travelling circuses.
	The consultation will run until 15 March. Further information is available on the DEFRA website.

Members: Correspondence

Michael Spicer: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the Minister of State plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 15 December 2009 on the welfare of racing greyhounds.

Jim Fitzpatrick: I wrote to the hon. Member on 8 January 2010. I regret that my letter was not received. A copy was sent to the hon. Member on 24 February 2010.

CABINET OFFICE

Pre-Budget Report 2009

Francis Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the transcript of oral evidence from the Public Administration Select Committee on Government Communications, 14 January 2010, HC 219-i, question 42 on the pre-Budget report, if she will place in the Library a copy of the evidential basis for determining the marketing and communication budget; what the financial value in absolute terms is of the proposed reduction; and over what time period such a reduction is proposed to take place.

Liam Byrne: I have been asked to reply.
	The 2009 pre-Budget report announced that Government would save £650 million from cuts of 50 per cent. in consultancy spend and 25 per cent. in marketing and communications (based on 2009-10 spending levels) spend across government by 2012-13.

HOUSE OF COMMONS COMMISSION

Audio Recordings

David Amess: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission with reference to the answer of 9 March 2009,  Official Report, column 26W, what progress the House of Commons Commission has made on placing on the Parliamentary  (a) intranet and  (b) internet site a sound recording of the debate held on the Motion on Her Majesty's Government on 28 March 1979; and if he will make a statement.

Nick Harvey: The answer given in March 2009 stated that a history area of the website was planned and that this is the sort of material which would be considered for inclusion. The history section of the website
	http://www.parliament.uk/about/livingheritage.cfm
	was launched in July 2009 with an initial selection of content. Consideration will be given to including this particular item, as well as other material, within the history section of the website in March 2010. New content may be publicised on the parliamentary intranet with a link to the Parliament website page.

ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Wind Power: Housing

Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many wind turbines in England are situated within two kilometres of a dwelling house.

David Kidney: The information is not held centrally.

TREASURY

Castle Point

Bob Spink: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Castle Point constituency, the effects on that constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Neighbourhood Statistics Service provides a wide range of statistical information at parliamentary constituency level, taken from the 2001 Census and other sources. This service is available on the National Statistics website at:
	http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk./
	The Government have put in place a broad programme of reform since 1997. Over the decade to 2007, the economic performance of all parts of the UK has improved considerably.
	The global recession has had a negative impact on economic activity in all parts of the UK. However, the economy was starting from a position of strength and is actively supported by policies implemented by the Government, including the fiscal stimulus and a significant package of support for those out of work. In Castle Point, people are benefiting from this investment. Over the second half of 2009, more than 450 people moved off of the claimant count each month on average. The claimant count fell for two consecutive months in October and November and stands below the level reached in September. Long-term unemployment is still nearly 80 per cent. lower than in 2000 at the start of 2010.

Departmental Recruitment

Nick Hurd: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much  (a) his Department,  (b) HM Revenue and Customs,  (c) the Valuation Office Agency and  (d) his Department's other agencies spent on external recruitment consultants in the last 12 months.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The accounting systems of HM Treasury, HM Revenue and Customs, the Valuation Office Agency and the Debt Management Office do not separately identify spending on recruitment consultants from within general spending on recruitment and the information could not be supplied within the disproportionate costs threshold.

Equitable Life Ex-gratia Payment Scheme Review

Annette Brooke: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2010,  Official Report, column 212W, on Equitable Life, in which month he expects to receive Sir John Chadwick's final report; and in which month he expects to announce details of the payment scheme.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 25 February 2010
	The Government expect Sir John Chadwick to submit his final report in May 2010. The Government shall respond to this report as soon as possible thereafter.

Members: Correspondence

Michael Spicer: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 27 November 2009 on beer duty.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: A response was sent to the hon. Member on 16 December.

Members: Correspondence

Michael Spicer: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 17 December 2009 on a high pay commission.

Liam Byrne: I have replied to the hon. Member.

Non-Domestic Rates

Bob Neill: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average Rateable Value on the 2010 Rating List is of hereditaments in each such-location area.

Ian Pearson: The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Public Expenditure

Francis Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to Putting the Frontline First: smarter government, CM 7753, over which financial years changes to the level of funding of  (a) arms length bodies,  (b) Government advertising and marketing and  (c) management consultants will be made; and how much will be saved in each such year.

Liam Byrne: The pre-Budget report 2009 announced that Government would save at least £500 million by 2012-13 by reducing duplication between organisations and streamlining arm's length bodies.
	The pre-Budget report 2009 also announced Government would save £650 million from cuts of 50 per cent. in consultancy spend and 25 per cent. in marketing and communications spend across government by 2012-13. The 25 per cent. cut in marketing and communications spend will be based on 2009-10 spending levels and the 50 per cent. cut in consultancy spend will be based on 2008-09 levels.
	For all savings, Government will work with Departments to help them deliver cuts although it will for individual departments and arm's length bodies to decide their priorities for future spending.

Valuation Office: Local Government

Bob Neill: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 20 January 2010,  Official Report, column 393W, on the Valuation Office: local government, who is undertaking the work referred to; and when that work is expected to be completed.

Ian Pearson: The Valuation Office Agency had discussions with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and has submitted a request that a legislative gateway be created. It is not possible to predict when this work will be completed because this will require primary legislation to be placed before Parliament.

WALES

Port Businesses in Wales

Cheryl Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in port businesses in Wales in each year since 1997.

Peter Hain: These figures are not collated on a regular basis or specifically for Wales.
	In November 2005 the Department for Transport published a report entitled "Port Employment and Accident Rates" which stated that 74,000 people in the UK are working directly on port related activities either on or off the port estate.

Sheep Meat Smokies

Cheryl Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on the legalisation of the practice of preparing sheep meat smokies in the last 12 months.

Peter Hain: None. However, the hon. Member will recall that my predecessor, my right hon. Friend the Member for Torfaen (Mr. Murphy), met the hon. Member and a representative of the Farmers Union Wales on 22 April 2008 and subsequently made representations to DEFRA Ministers.
	I am informed that the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and representatives of the UK meat industry have indicated that it is possible to produce such meat safely and hygienically in approved slaughterhouses.
	The FSA's are in discussion with the European Union to allow production of smoked skin-on sheep meat, commonly known as "smokies" for human consumption.
	In the meantime, the production of smoked skin-on sheep meat for human consumption remains illegal. The FSA will continue to work closely with local authorities to take action against those breaching the relevant food hygiene and animal welfare regulations.

BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS

Members: Correspondence

Michael Spicer: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire dated 28 October 2009, transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions, reference: POS(2)10520/0243.

Jim Knight: I have been asked to reply.
	A reply was sent to the hon. Member on 5 January 2010 and I apologise for the long delay in doing so.

HEALTH

Accident and Emergency Departments

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions he has had with officials of North Central London Health Authorities on the provision of accident and emergency departments; and what consultation there has been on the future provision of emergency and intensive care facilities.

Mike O'Brien: There have been no specific discussions between the Secretary of State for Health and officials of North Central London Health Authorities on this specific subject.
	However, I met with representatives from NHS London, and the chief executives of the Whittington Hospital NHS Trust and Islington PCT on 2 December 2009 in advance of the adjournment debate entitled 'The future of Whittington Hospital'. NHS staff brief Ministers on their local reconfiguration plans in order to support parliamentary business and do so as necessary.

Arthritis: Drugs

Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2010,  Official Report, column 220W, on arthritis: drugs, what discussions on RoActemra his Department has had with the Prime Minister since the Prime Minister's press conference of 25 January 2010; and if he will make a statement.

Mike O'Brien: The Prime Minister made publicly clear on the 2 February 2010 that he will take an interest in RoActemra and I will be writing to him shortly to update him on the situation.
	The Department has not needed any discussions with the Prime Minister since that statement because we are aware of it.

Audiology

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  how many places for the Bachelor of Science degree in audiology have been funded by each strategic health authority in each year since 2007;
	(2)  how many places for the Bachelor of Science degree in audiology will be funded by each strategic health authority in  (a) 2009,  (b) 2010 and  (c) 2011.

Ann Keen: The information available for those strategic health authorities that participated in commissioning are set out in the following table. The information requested for 2010-11 and 2011-12 is not yet available.
	
		
			  Strategic health authority  2007-08  2008-09  2009-10 
			 North West 41 34 41 
			 Yorkshire and Humber 24 25 25 
			 East Midlands 34 32 33 
			 London 20 22 15 
			 South Central 30 40 40 
			 West Midlands 31 25 25 
			 South West 31 30 30 
			 Total 211 208 209

Derriford Hospital

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effects on patient care of the transfer of the upper gastro-intestinal cancer unit from the Royal Devon and Exeter hospital to Derriford hospital.

Mike O'Brien: A consistent theme in the national Improving Outcomes Guidance (IOG) is that cancer services are best provided by teams of clinicians who work together effectively. Team working brings together staff with the necessary knowledge, skills and experience to ensure high quality diagnosis, treatment and care and improves the co-ordination and continuity of care for patients. How the guidance is implemented locally, however, is a matter for the local national health service.
	In line with national Improving Outcomes Guidance, upper gastro-intestinal cancer surgery moved from the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, and Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, and centralised at Plymouth's Derriford Hospital from 1 January 2010. All pre and post-operative care for patients will continue to be provided locally.
	I am informed by the local NHS that expertise from clinical teams around the South West peninsula has been incorporated into a unit capable of delivering the best and most appropriate care to patients with these cancers.

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Finance

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received from the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on the level of their funding for 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.

Mike O'Brien: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has received no representations from the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on the level of their funding for 2010-11.
	The Department does not make revenue allocations directly to foundation trusts. It is for primary care trusts to use the funding allocated to them to commission services from foundation trusts and other providers to meet the needs of their local populations.

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Finance

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding has been provided to the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in each of the last five years; what the planned funding is for the next three years; and if he will make a statement.

Mike O'Brien: The information requested is not collected centrally.
	The Department does not make revenue allocations directly to foundation trusts. It is for primary care trusts (PCTs) to use the funding allocated to them to commission services from foundation trusts and other providers to meet the needs of their local populations.
	PCTs have been informed of their revenue allocations up to 2010-11. The allocations to PCTs in Gloucestershire from 2004-05 are shown in the following table.
	
		
			  Allocations to Gloucestershire PCT and South Gloucestershire PCT 2004-05 to 2010-11 
			  £ million 
			   2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09  2009-10  2010-11 
			 Gloucestershire PCT 515.9 561.9 669.7 731.2 771.1 825.9 868.5 
			 South Gloucestershire PCT 188.3 205.9 250.2 275.2 290.2 323.1 339.7 
			  Notes: 1. Allocations are not always comparable between years because of changes to baseline funding. 2. Allocations from 2006-07 include primary medical services funding.  Source:  Financial Planning and Allocations Division, Department of Health 
		
	
	PCTs allocations for 2011-12 onwards are yet to be determined. However, as announced in the pre-Budget report in December 2009, front-line national health service spending will be protected for the following two years to 2012-13.

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Hospital Beds

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds there were at the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in each of the last five years; how many beds it is estimated the Trust will have in 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.

Mike O'Brien: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the following table.
	
		
			  Average daily number of available beds for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust from 2004-05 to 2008-09 
			   Code  Organisation  Total available 
			 2004-05 RTE Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust 1,380 
			 2005-06 RTE Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1,404 
			 2006-07 RTE Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1,297 
			 2007-08 RTE Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1,254 
			 2008-09 RTE Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1,257 
			  Notes:  1. Data for 2009-10 will not be collected until May 2010. 2.Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust became Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 1 July 2004.  Source:  Department of Health form KH03

Hospitals: Admissions

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  how many people of each age were admitted to hospital for injuries sustained as a result of an assault by bodily force on in each year since 1997;
	(2)  how many people of each age were admitted to hospital for injuries sustained as a result of an assault with  (a) a sharp object and  (b) a blunt object in each year since 1997;
	(3)  how many people of each age were admitted to hospital for injuries sustained as a result of an assault of having been hit, struck, kicked, twisted or scratched by another person in each year since 1997;
	(4)  how many people of each age were admitted to hospital for injuries sustained as a result of an attack by dog in each year since 1997;
	(5)  how many people of each age were admitted to hospital for injuries sustained as a result of an assault involving  (a) a knife,  (b) a sword and  (c) a dagger in each year since 1997;
	(6)  how many people of each age were admitted to hospital for injuries sustained as a result of gunshot wounds caused by a handgun in each year since 1997;
	(7)  how many people of each age were admitted to hospital for injuries sustained as a result of gunshot wounds caused by  (a) a rifle,  (b) a shotgun and  (c) a larger firearm in each year since 1997;
	(8)  how many people of each age have been admitted to hospital for injuries sustained by assault by  (a) hanging,  (b) strangulation and  (c) suffocation in each year since 1997.

Gillian Merron: Information has been provided on the number of finished admission episodes by selected cause codes and age groups, between 1997-98 and 2008-09. Therefore it is important to note that as people may be admitted on more than one occasion, the data supplied do not describe the number of people admitted to hospital.
	The data which have been provided in response to the question, on how many people of each age were admitted to hospital for injuries sustained as a result of an assault of having been hit, struck, kicked, twisted or scratched by another person in each year since 1997, include unintentional injury as well as assault as it is not possible to distinguish between the two.
	For the question on how many people of each age were admitted to hospital for injuries sustained as a result of gunshot wounds caused by  (a) a rifle,  (b) a shotgun and  (c) a larger firearm in each year since 1997 and the question on how many people of each age have been admitted to hospital for injuries sustained by assault by  (a) hanging,  (b) strangulation and  (c) suffocation in each year since 1997, it is not possible to provide data according to the separate categories requested. However, overall numbers are available at:
	www.hesonline.nhs.uk
	For the question on how many people of each age were admitted to hospital for injuries sustained as a result of an assault involving a knife, a sword and a dagger in each year since 1997, it is not possible to provide on assaults by different sharp implements. Data on assault by a sharp object are available at:
	www.hesonline.nhs.uk
	Where any of the questions do not specifically request assault data, information has been provided for unintentional injury, self-harm and assault.

Modernising Scientific Careers Programme

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the first qualified paediatric audiologists are expected to graduate under the Modernising Scientific Careers programme.

Ann Keen: Working with stakeholders, we are developing a range of education and training programmes which will have a focus on audiology as part of Modernising Scientific Careers. These will encompass the needs of both adult and paediatric services.

Nurses: Pay

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the  (a) median and  (b) mean salary of an NHS nurse was in each region in (i) nominal and (ii) real terms in each year since 1997.

Ann Keen: The following table states the mean earnings for qualified nurses from 1997-08 to 2008-09 in nominal and real terms (based on 2008-09 prices).
	
		
			  Mean earnings of a qualified nurse 
			   Nominal (£)  At 2008-09 prices (£)  Percentage yearly increase in real terms 
			 1997-98 20,830 27,109 - 
			 1998-99 21,042 26,820 -1.1 
			 1999-2000 22,329 27,911 4.1 
			 2000-01 23,427 28,903 3.6 
			 2001-02 24,733 29,848 3.3 
			 2002-03 25,702 30,048 0.7 
			 2003-04 26,342 29,952 -0.3 
			 2004-05 27,697 30,641 2.3 
			 2005-06 28,784 31,260 2.0 
			 2006-07 29,861 31,498 0.8 
			 2007-08 31,149 31,935 1.4 
			 2008-09 32,339 32,339 1.3 
			  Notes: 1. Mean earnings are estimated from the qualified nurse pay bill figures using NHS accounts data together with the NHS Pension Scheme rates, and national insurance rates and thresholds that apply to NHS employers. 2. The pay bill data includes all qualified nurses employed by NHS trusts, primary care trusts, strategic health authorities and foundation trusts in England. It excludes agency nurses. 3. Foundation trusts do not submit a breakdown of their pay bill by staff group. Figures from 2004-05 onwards include estimates for the breakdown of each foundation trust. 4. Average earnings have been expressed in real terms using the HM Treasury gross domestic product deflator index. 5. Figures for the median earnings and breakdown by region are not available.  Sources: Department of Health pay bill Model 2008-09 Trust Financial Returns and Foundation Trust Annual Reports (pay bill data) Information Centre Workforce Census (staff numbers)

Preventive Medicine

Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of his Department's annual budget is allocated to preventative and early intervention measures.

Mike O'Brien: The Department does not collect detailed expenditure information in these areas since, subject to delivering national targets, there is local discretion on how the funding is spent. However, a report by Health England shows expenditure in England on public health and prevention for 2006-07. See Table 3 in the Report: Health England Report No 4. "Public Health and Prevention Expenditure in England 2009", available from:
	http://healthengland.org/health_england_publications.htm
	Table 3 in that report is shown in the following table, and provides a breakdown of spending based as closely as possible on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) definitions.
	
		
			  Detailed prevention expenditure in England 2006-07 
			  £ million 
			Secondary prevention  
			   Primary prevention  Screening  Other  Medication  Total( 1) 
			 Total prevention and public health services 1,771 1,482 482 1,337 5,072 
			   
			  Maternal and child health; family planning and counselling 840 21 0 0 861 
			 Maternity services 618 - - - 618 
			 Family Planning Clinics 101 - - - 101 
			 Contraceptives 66 - - - 66 
			 Health Visiting Group Services 53 - - - 53 
			 Neonatal audiological screening - 14 - - 14 
			 Quality and Outcomes Framework 2 6 - - 9 
			   
			  School health services 44 0 115 0 159 
			 School-based Children's Individual Health Services - - 115 - 115 
			 School-based Children's Group Health Services 27 - - - 27 
			 Healthy Schools Programme(2) 17 - - - 17 
			   
			  Prevention of communicable diseases 284 0 0 0 284 
			 Immunisation(2) 238 - - - 238 
			 Other infectious diseases(2) 24 - - - 24 
			 Quality and Outcomes Framework 19 - - - 19 
			 Reducing MRSA incidence(2) 3 - - - 3 
			   
			  Prevention of non-communicable diseases 206 1,461 348 1,337 3,352 
			 Pharmaceuticals - - - 1,337 1,337 
			 Dental check-ups - 937 - - 937 
			 Quality and Outcomes Framework 28 41 348 - 417 
			 Screening programmes - 275 - - 275 
			 Sight tests - 208 - - 208 
			 Obesity/diet/lifestyle 116 - - - 116 
			 NHS Stop Smoking Services 56 - - - 56 
			 NICE Public Health Guidelines 4 - - - 4 
			 CJD surveillance(2) 2 - - - 2 
			   
			 Occupational health care 4 0 0 0 4 
			 Occupational Health for Dentists 4 - - - 4 
			 Quality and Outcomes Framework 1 - - - 1 
			   
			  All other miscellaneous public health services 394 0 19 0 412 
			 Health Protection Agency 248 - - - 248 
			 NHS Blood and Transplant(2) 53 - - - 53 
			 Publicity for prevention activities 34 - - - 34 
			 Charitable expenditure on prevention 33 - - - 33 
			 National Biological Standards Board 25 - - - 25 
			 Public Health in Prisons(2) - - 19 - 19 
			 (1) Figures may not sum due to rounding.  (2) Refers to expenditure from the central budget, data available only for 2006-07.   Source:  Health Inequalities and Partnership, Department of Health (Health England Report No 4. Public Health and Prevention Expenditure in England, 2009). 
		
	
	The expenditure on pharmaceuticals is included as its primary aim is prevention. Nevertheless, strictly, expenditure on pharmaceuticals is not included in the OECD prevention and public health category. Hence, for comparison with other countries using OECD data, these "medication" figures should be excluded. Excluding pharmaceuticals in line with OECD methodology gives a total expenditure on public health and prevention of £3.7 billion. If pharmaceuticals were included, the overall total for 2006-07 would be £5 billion.
	Total health expenditure for England for the same period was approximately £93.5 billion. This suggests that about 4 per cent. of health expenditure is directed towards prevention (using the figure without pharmaceuticals and without health-related expenditure, so that this can be compared with other OECD countries).

Sodium Valproate

Robert Syms: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what medical evidence there is of any negative side effects of Epilim (sodium valproate) on  (a) embryos and  (b) those under the age of 18 years;
	(2)  how many compensation payments have been made for medical problems resulting from the prescribing of Epilim (sodium valproate) in the NHS;
	(3)  what advice is given in the NHS on the prescribing of Epilim (sodium valproate) to pregnant women.

Mike O'Brien: The safety, efficacy and quality of every medicine is thoroughly evaluated by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency as part of the licensing procedure and their safety is monitored continuously while it is on the market.
	Animal studies have shown that Epilim has teratogenic effects. In humans, studies have shown an association between pregnancy exposure and neural tube defects such as myelomeningocele and spina bifida.
	The product information which consists of the Summary of Product Characteristics for healthcare professionals and the Patient Information Leaflet contains extensive information to support the appropriate use of the medicine. These documents are available on the internet at www.medicines.org.uk. This information is also reflected in the prescribing advice provided in the British National Formulary, which is sent to all doctors within the NHS.
	The product information for Epilim contains detailed advice in relation to the use of Epilim during pregnancy. It is currently advised that women of childbearing potential should not be started on Epilim without specialist neurological advice and the benefits of Epilim use should be weighed against the risks to the foetus.
	Information on possible side effects which may occur during treatment with Epilim are also outlined in the product information. These side effects may have been reported during clinical trials or since Epilim has been marketed and have been assessed as either having a causal association or a strong suspicion of an association. Of the known side effects it is recognised that children who are treated with Epilim are at particular risk of developing liver damage and pancreatitis.
	The NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) handles negligence claims against National Health Service bodies in England. However, due to the way that data are organised on the NHSLA's database, this answer could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Sodium Valproate: Prescriptions

Robert Syms: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions for Epilim (sodium valproate) were issued to those under the age of 18 years in the NHS in England in 2009.

Ann Keen: This information is not available. NHS Prescription Services cannot supply exemption category data, e.g. children under 18, after December 2007 because the processes for pricing prescriptions and for capturing prescription charge exemption status has changed. Therefore, NHS Prescription Services cannot reliably estimate the data for each exemption category relating to the age of the patient from that date.

Sodium Valproate: Research

Robert Syms: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research is being undertaken in the NHS on the use of Epilim (sodium valproate) for treatment in the NHS of diseases other than epilepsy.

Gillian Merron: The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is not at present funding any such research.
	The NIHR health technology assessment programme commissions research where there is a gap in the knowledge the national health service has about healthcare treatments and tests. Suggestions for research topics can be made via the programme's open access form at:
	www.hta.ac.uk/suggest/index.shtml

Spearhead Primary Care Trust

Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of  (a) the proportion of obese children,  (b) the proportion of overweight children,  (c) the percentage of people who smoke,  (d) the percentage of people who drink,  (e) the percentage of people who take drugs,  (f) the teenage pregnancy rate and  (g) the rate of sexually transmitted infections in respect of (i) Spearhead and (ii) non-Spearhead primary care trusts in each year since the inception of the Spearhead primary care trust programme.

Ann Keen: Not all the information is available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the following tables.
	Spearhead areas are defined based on local authority (LA) data. Spearhead primary care trusts (PCTs) are those that overlap geographically, either wholly or partly, with the Spearhead LAs. Where available, information is shown based on the 62 Spearhead PCTs (14 of which only partly overlap with the Spearhead LAs). Where information is not available by PCT, figures are based on the 70 Spearhead LAs. The Spearhead Group was launched in 2005.
	
		
			  Proportion of children aged 2 to 15 who are overweight and obese, by Spearhead group, 2008 
			  Percentage 
			   Boys  Girls 
			  Obese children   
			 Spearhead PCTs 20 17 
			 Non-Spearhead PCTs 15 14 
			
			  Overweight children   
			 Spearhead PCTs 16 14 
			 Non-Spearhead PCTs 14 14 
			  Notes:  1. Figures are based on the 62 Spearhead PCTs (so are based on a larger population than the 70 Spearhead LAs).  2. Figures are shown for 2008 only. In 2008 the definitions used in the analysis were revised from those used in previous years to correct an error in the classification of children as either "overweight" or "obese". Results were not significantly different from those presented previously; however, revised data sets have not yet been made available for previous years.  3. Figures are based on children aged 2-15 with a valid body mass index (BMI) measurement.  4. Categories are mutually exclusive, i.e. overweight does not include those who are obese.  5. Overweight was defined as at or above the 85th but below the 95th UK National BMI percentile; obese was defined as at or above the 95th UK National BMI percentile.   Source:  Data from Health Survey for England, published in "Health Survey for England 2008 Volume 1-physical activity and fitness", The NHS Information Centre for health and social care, 2009 (table 13.5). 
		
	
	
		
			  Proportion of adults aged 16 and over who drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes, by Spearhead group, 2005-08 
			  Percentage 
			   2005  2006  2007  2008 
			  Adults who smoke 
			 Spearhead LAs(1) 27 27 26 24 
			 Non-Spearhead LAs(1) 22 20 19 19 
			  
			  Adults who drink 
			 Spearhead LAs(1) 83 84 85 84 
			 Non-Spearhead LAs(1) 88 88 88 87 
			 (1 )PCTs for 2008.   Notes:  1. Figures for 2005-07 are based on the 70 Spearhead LAs. Figures for 2008 are based on the 62 Spearhead PCTs (so are based on a larger population than the 70 Spearhead LAs).  2. "Adults who drink! is based on answers to two questions: Those who answer, "yes" to "Do you drink alcohol nowadays?" are classified as drinkers. Those who answer "no" are then asked, "Could I just check, does that mean you never have an alcoholic drink nowadays or do you have an alcoholic drink very occasionally, perhaps for medicinal purposes or on special occasions like Christmas or New Year?". Those who answer "Very occasionally" are also classed as drinkers.   Source:  Unpublished analysis from the General Lifestyle Survey, Office for National Statistics. 
		
	
	
		
			  Proportion of 16 to 59-year-olds reporting use of any illicit drug, by Spearhead group, 2004-05 to 2008-09 British Crime Survey 
			  Percentage 
			   2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			  Any illicit drug use in the last year 
			 Spearhead LAs 11.1 11.1 10.5 11.9 
			 Non-Spearhead LAs 10.3 9.6 9.2 9.3 
			  Notes:  1. Figures are based on the 70 Spearhead LAs (so are based on a smaller population than the 62 Spearhead PCTs).  2. Based on a sample survey. Unweighted base numbers for 2008-09 are 6,793 (Spearhead LAs) and 19,013 (non-Spearhead LAs); bases will be similar in earlier years.  3. "Any drug" comprises powder cocaine, crack cocaine, ecstasy, LSD, magic mushrooms, heroin, methadone, amphetamines, cannabis, tranquilisers, anabolic steroids, amyl nitrite, glues, any other pills/powders/drugs smoked, plus ketamine since 2006-07 and methamphetamine since 2008-09.   Source:  Unpublished analysis from the British Crime Survey (BCS). 
		
	
	
		
			  Under-18 conception rates, by Spearhead group, 2004-06 to 2006-08 
			   2004-06  2005-07  2006-08( 1) 
			  Under-18 conception rate
			 Spearhead LAs 55.2 55.2 54.4 
			 Non-Spearhead LAs 35.4 35.6 35.5 
			 (1) Provisional.   Notes:  1. Figures are based on the 70 Spearhead LAs (so are based on a smaller population than the 62 Spearhead PCTs).  2. Rates are per 1,000 female population aged 15-17.  3. Figures are three-year average rates. Figures for 2006-08 are provisional.   Source:  Unpublished analysis of data from Office for National Statistics and Teenage Pregnancy Unit. 
		
	
	 Rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
	Data on STIs diagnosed in genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics are currently collected only by strategic health authority. Data on the rates of STIs for the period 2004 to 2008, the latest data for which figures are available, are published in "Selected ST1 diagnoses numbers and rates from GUM clinics in the UK: 2004-2008", a copy of which has been placed in the Library.

Swine Flu

Mark Todd: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has reviewed the effectiveness of the swine flu pandemic campaign in changing influenza patients' behaviour in visiting their GP to seek treatment.

Gillian Merron: Our swine flu campaigns sought to convey different messages at different stages of the pandemic.
	People who developed swine flu symptoms, who had a serious underlying illness or were pregnant, as well as people who had a sick child under one year of age, were advised to contact their general practitioner directly. Other members of the public were encouraged to access the National Pandemic Flu Service if they developed swine flu symptoms. Over 2.7 million assessments were completed using the online and phone self-care services between July and February.
	All of our campaigns are subject to evaluation and we will be evaluating the overall effectiveness of our swine flu campaigns in due course.

HOME DEPARTMENT

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions for being drunk and disorderly there have been in each year since 1998.

Alan Johnson: The number of persons found guilty at all courts for being drunk and disorderly, England and Wales 1998 to 2008 (latest available) can be viewed in the following table. A penalty notice for disorder (PND) can also be issued for offences of being drunk and disorderly. The number of PNDs issued 2004 to 2008 is included in the table.
	Court proceedings data for 2009 are planned to be published in the autumn 2010.
	
		
			  The number of persons issued with a penalty notice for disorder and found guilty at all courts for drunk and disorderly related offences in England and Wales, from 1998 to 2008( 1,2,3) 
			  Offences   1998  1999  2000( 4)  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008( 5) 
			 Drunk and disorderly offences Penalty notices for disorder convictions n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 29,106 40,176 46,268 49,062 45,849 
			   29,974 28,006 26,274 25,632 26,254 27,044 20,420 15,399 14,995 16,767 18,229 
			 n/a = not applicable (1) The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (2) Data include the following offence descriptions and corresponding statutes: Being found drunk in a highway or other Public place whether a building or not, or a licensed premises. 
			 Licensing Act 1872 Sec 12. Any person who in any public place is guilty, while drunk, of disorderly behaviour. Criminal Justice Act 1967 Sec.91. (3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (4) Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates' courts for the year 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table. (5) Excludes convictions data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July, and August 2008.  Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice Ref: IOS 60-10

Alcoholic Drinks: Young People

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been convicted for offences related to purchasing alcohol on behalf of a person aged under 18 years in each year since 1998.

Alan Johnson: The number of persons found guilty at all courts for offences related to purchasing alcohol on behalf of a person aged under 18 years, England and Wales 1998 to 2008 (latest available) can be viewed in the table. A penalty notice for disorder can also be issued for offences related to purchasing alcohol on behalf of a person aged under 18 years and are also given in the table.
	Court proceedings data for 2009 are planned to be published in autumn 2010.
	
		
			  Number of persons issued with a penalty notice for disorder and found guilty at all courts for offences related to purchasing alcohol on behalf of a person aged under 18 years in England and Wales, from 1998 to 2008( 1,2,3) 
			  Offences   1998  1999  2000( 4)  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008( 5) 
			 Buying alcohol on behalf of a person under 18 Penalty Notices for Disorder(6) * * * * * * 84 253 467 619 574 
			  Convictions 1 3 2 10 18 18 30 24 26 18 28 
			 "*" = Not applicable. (1) The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (2) Includes the following offences and statutes: Buying or attempting to buy intoxicating liquor for consumption by a person under 18. Purchasing intoxicating liquor for consumption by person under 18 in bar. (Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 Schedule (Sec 3) para 4(3). Licensing Act 1964 Sec 169(3)). Person who buys or attempts to buy alcohol on behalf of an individual under 18. (Licensing Act 2003 S149(3,4,7b)) (3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (4) Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates courts for the year 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table. (5) Excludes convictions data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July, and August 2008. (6) The penalty notice for disorder scheme was implemented in all 43 police forces in England and Wales in 2004.  Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice

Assaults on Police

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers have received  (a) fatal,  (b) serious and  (c) slight injuries in the course of a crime involving a (i) gun and (ii) knife in each year since 1997.

Alan Johnson: The latest chapter on offences involving firearms in England and Wales was published on 21 January 2010 and available at:
	http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs10/hosb0110.pdf
	Text table 2c of the chapter shows offences recorded by the police in which a police officer on duty was injured by a firearm (excluding air weapons) resulting in fatal, serious or slight injury between 1998-99 and 2008-09. This is reproduced in Table A, and extended to include offences recorded in 1997-98.
	It is not possible to provide data on offences involving knives in which a police officer has been slightly or seriously injured. The knife crime database covers only the most serious offences and does not hold information on severity of injury or the occupation of victims.
	Available information on knife crimes resulting in fatal injury is taken from the Homicide Index and relates to currently recorded homicides in England and Wales where the victim was an on-duty police officer and the method of killing was sharp instrument. The data in Table B are as at 24 November 2009 and are subject to revision as cases are dealt with by the police and by the courts, or as further information becomes available.
	
		
			  Table A: Offences recorded by the police in England and Wales in which a police officer on duty was injured by a firearm, excluding air weapons, 1997-98 to 2008-09 
			   Total  Fatal injury  Serious injury( 1)  Slight injury 
			 1997-98 6 - 3 3 
			 1998-99 11 - - 11 
			 1999-2000 10 - - 10 
			 2000-01 7 - 5 2 
			 2001-02 10 - - 10 
			 2002-03 12 - 1 11 
			 2003-04 14 1 3 10 
			 2004-05 23 - 2 21 
			 2005-06 23 1 6 16 
			 2006-07 21 - 3 18 
			 2007-08 24 1 3 20 
			 2008-09 9 - 1 8 
			 (1) A serious injury is one which necessitated detention in hospital or involved fractures, concussion, severe general shock, penetration by a bullet or multiple shot wounds. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table B: Currently recorded homicides( 1)  where the victim was a police officer killed in the course of duty and method of killing was sharp instrument( 2) : England and Wales, 1997-98 to 2008-09( 3) 
			  Year( 3)  Number 
			 1997-98 - 
			 1998-99 - 
			 1999-2000 - 
			 2000-01 - 
			 2001-02 - 
			 2002-03 - 
			 2003-04 - 
			 2004-05 1 
			 2005-06 - 
			 2006-07 - 
			 2007-08 1 
			 2008-09 - 
			 (1) As at 24 November 2009; figures are subject to revision as cases are dealt with by the police and by the courts, or as further information becomes available. (2) Includes knives and other sharp instruments. (3) Offences are shown according to the year in which they were initially recorded as homicide. This is not necessarily the year in which the incident took place or the year in which any court decision was made.  Source: Homicide Index (Home Office)

Bigamy

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences of bigamy have been recorded in each year since 1998; and how many people have been  (a) prosecuted and  (b) convicted of an offence related to bigamy in each police force area in each of those years.

Alan Johnson: The Home Office has responsibility for the police recorded crime statistics and figures for the number of offences of bigamy recorded by the police are given in Tables l and 2.
	Court proceedings statistics are collected by the Ministry of Justice. Information showing the number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for bigamy in England and Wales from 1998 to 2008 are given in Tables 3 and 4.
	The police recorded crime data are based on the number of offences recorded in each financial year. Court proceedings data are based on the number of offenders. These data are published on a calendar year basis and are counts of persons classified by their principal offence. For these reasons the two datasets are not directly comparable.
	
		
			  Table 1: Offences of bigamy recorded by the police, 1998-99 to 2001-02( 1,2) 
			  Number of offences 
			  Police force area  1998-99  1999-2000  2000-01  2001-02 
			 Avon and Somerset 6 4 4 0 
			 Bedfordshire 0 2 0 0 
			 Cambridgeshire 2 0 2 0 
			 Cheshire 1 1 0 0 
			 Cleveland 0 0 0 1 
			 Cumbria 2 0 0 1 
			 Derbyshire 3 1 4 0 
			 Devon and Cornwall 1 0 3 2 
			 Dorset 0 0 1 3 
			 Durham 0 0 0 0 
			 Dyfed-Powys 0 0 0 0 
			 Essex 1 2 0 0 
			 Gloucestershire 1 0 0 2 
			 Greater Manchester 4 0 5 2 
			 Gwent 3 0 1 2 
			 Hampshire 2 2 3 0 
			 Hertfordshire 0 0 1 1 
			 Humberside 1 0 1 0 
			 Kent 2 3 2 2 
			 Lancashire 2 0 1 1 
			 Leicestershire 1 0 0 0 
			 Lincolnshire 1 0 1 0 
			 London, City of 0 0 0 0 
			 Merseyside 3 1 2 1 
			 Metropolitan Police 62 41 33 39 
			 Norfolk 0 0 0 0 
			 Northamptonshire 0 0 1 2 
			 Northumbria 0 2 0 1 
			 North Wales 1 1 0 2 
			 North Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 
			 Nottinghamshire 0 0 1 1 
			 South Wales 2 1 1 0 
			 South Yorkshire 0 1 1 0 
			 Staffordshire 1 2 1 0 
			 Suffolk 2 2 0 1 
			 Surrey 2 0 2 1 
			 Sussex 7 2 4 3 
			 Thames Valley 1 5 1 1 
			 Warwickshire 0 1 0 0 
			 West Mercia 4 1 1 0 
			 West Midlands 4 4 2 2 
			 West Yorkshire 7 3 1 3 
			 Wiltshire 0 1 0 0 
			 England and Wales 129 83 80 74 
			 (1) The coverage was extended and counting rules revised from 1998-99. Figures from that date are not directly comparable with those for 1997. (2) The data in this table is prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002.  Note: These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Offences of bigamy recorded by the police, 2002-03 to 2008-09( 1) 
			  Number of offences 
			  Police force area  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 Avon and Somerset 2 2 2 2 1 3 4 
			 Bedfordshire 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 
			 Cambridgeshire 4 3 1 1 2 0 2 
			 Cheshire 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 
			 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 
			 Cumbria 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 
			 Derbyshire 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 
			 Devon and Cornwall 2 4 1 0 0 4 1 
			 Dorset 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 
			 Durham 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 
			 Dyfed-Powys 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Essex 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 
			 Gloucestershire 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Greater Manchester 5 1 5 5 5 2 5 
			 Gwent 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 
			 Hampshire 6 4 0 5 0 1 0 
			 Hertfordshire 0 0 4 3 0 0 1 
			 Humberside 3 0 4 1 2 0 0 
			 Kent 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 
			 Lancashire 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 
			 Leicestershire 0 3 1 5 1 0 1 
			 Lincolnshire 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 
			 London, City of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Merseyside 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 
			 Metropolitan Police 33 25 40 37 21 30 17 
			 Norfolk 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 
			 Northamptonshire 0 2 5 0 3 1 0 
			 Northumbria 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 
			 North Wales 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 
			 North Yorkshire 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 
			 Nottinghamshire 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 
			 South Wales 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 
			 South Yorkshire 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 
			 Staffordshire 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 
			 Suffolk 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 
			 Surrey 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 
			 Sussex 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 
			 Thames Valley 3 1 6 5 2 7 4 
			 Warwickshire 1 0 1 2 0 5 3 
			 West Mercia 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 
			 West Midlands 1 3 4 6 6 1 2 
			 West Yorkshire 2 3 2 2 0 1 4 
			 Wiltshire 2 0 1 5 0 2 0 
			 England and Wales 88 71 104 101 61 74 63 
			 (1) The data in this table takes account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 3: Persons proceeded against for bigamy offences 1998 to 2008( 1, 2, 3) 
			  Number of persons proceeded against 
			   1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008 
			 Avon and Somerset 1 - - - - 1 - 1 - - - 
			 Bedfordshire - 1 - - 1 - - 1 2 - - 
			 Cambridgeshire - - - - - 2 - - - 1 - 
			 Cheshire 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 
			 Cleveland - - 1 - - - - - - - - 
			 Cumbria - 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 - 
			 Derbyshire - 3 2 4 - - - - - - 1 
			 Devon and Cornwall - - - - 2 2 1 - - - - 
			 Dorset 1 - - - 1 - 1 1 - - - 
			 Durham - - - - - - 1 - - - - 
			 Essex - - 1 - 1 2 - - - - 1 
			 Gloucestershire 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - 
			 Greater Manchester - 4 1 1 - - - 3 3 - 1 
			 Hampshire - 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 - - 1 
			 Hertfordshire - - - - 1 - - - - - - 
			 Humberside - 1 - - 1 1 1 - - - - 
			 Kent - - 1 1 - - - 1 - - 1 
			 Lancashire - - - 1 1 - 1 - - 2 - 
			 Leicestershire - - - - - - 1 - - - - 
			 Lincolnshire - - 1 - - - - 1 - - - 
			 London, City of - - - - - - - - - - - 
			 Merseyside 1 1 - - - 1 1 2 1 1 - 
			 Metropolitan Police 18 18 4 3 10 9 8 9 6 4 3 
			 Norfolk - - - - - - - - - - 2 
			 Northamptonshire - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 
			 Northumbria - - - - 1 - 1 1 - 3 1 
			 North Yorkshire - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - 
			 Nottinghamshire - - - - - 1 1 - - - - 
			 South Yorkshire - 1 1 - 2 - - - 1 - - 
			 Staffordshire 1 - - - 1 - - 1 - 1 - 
			 Suffolk 1 2 - - - 1 1 1 - - - 
			 Surrey - - 1 1 - - - - - - - 
			 Sussex - 1 - 3 4 - - - 1 - 1 
			 Thames Valley - 1 - - - - 1 1 - - 3 
			 Warwickshire - - - - - - - - - - 2 
			 West Mercia - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - 
			 West Midlands 2 1 1 2 - 1 - 1 3 1 - 
			 West Yorkshire 2 1 1 - 1 1 - 2 - - 1 
			 Wiltshire - 1 - - 1 1 - - 4 - - 
			 Dyfed Powys - - - - - - - - - - - 
			 Gwent - - - 2 - - - - - - - 
			 North Wales - - - - 1 - - - 1 - - 
			 South Wales 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 - - 
			 England and Wales 30 40 17 23 31 29 22 28 23 17 19 
			 (1) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (2) Excludes prosecutions and convictions data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July, and August 2008. (3) The data are on principal offence basis.  Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services-Ministry of Justice 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 4: Persons convicted of bigamy offence 1998 to 2008( 1, 2, 3) 
			  Number of persons convicted 
			   1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008 
			 Avon and Somerset - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - 
			 Bedfordshire - 1 - - 1 - - - - 1 - 
			 Cambridgeshire - - - - - 1 - - - - - 
			 Cheshire 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 
			 Cleveland - - 1 - - - - - - - - 
			 Cumbria - 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 - 
			 Derbyshire - 1 1 2  - - - - - 1 
			 Devon and Cornwall - - - - 1 1 1 - - - - 
			 Dorset 1 - - - 1  2 1 - - - 
			 Durham - - - - - - 1 - - - - 
			 Essex - - - - 1 2 - - - - 1 
			 Gloucestershire 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - 
			 Greater Manchester - 3 - 1 - - - 2 2 - 1 
			 Hampshire - 1 - 2 - 2 1 1 - - 1 
			 Hertfordshire - - - - - 1 - - - - - 
			 Humberside - - - - 1 1 - - - - - 
			 Kent - - 1 1 - - 2 - - - 1 
			 Lancashire - - - - 1 - 1 - - 2 - 
			 Leicestershire - - - - - - 1 - - - - 
			 Lincolnshire - - - - - - - 1 - - - 
			 London, City of - - - - - - - - - - - 
			 Merseyside 1 2 - - - - 1 2 1 - 1 
			 Metropolitan Police 13 12 4 3 3 4 5 7 2 3 2 
			 Norfolk - - 1 - - - - - - - 2 
			 Northamptonshire - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 
			 Northumbria - - - - 1 - 1 1 - 3 1 
			 North Yorkshire - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - 
			 Nottinghamshire - - - - - 1 1 - - - - 
			 South Yorkshire - 1 1 - - - - - 1 - - 
			 Staffordshire - - - - 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 
			 Suffolk - 2 - - - 1 1 1 - - - 
			 Surrey - - 1 - - - - - - - - 
			 Sussex - 1 - 3 2 - - - - 1 1 
			 Thames Valley - 1 - - - - 1 - 1 - 3 
			 Warwickshire - - - - - - - - - 1 2 
			 West Mercia - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - 
			 West Midlands - - 1 1 - 1 - 1 2 - - 
			 West Yorkshire 1 - 1 - 1 - - 1 - - 1 
			 Wiltshire - 1 - - 1 1 - - 2 - - 
			 Dyfed Powys - - - - - - - - - - - 
			 Gwent - - - 2 - - - - - - - 
			 North Wales - - - - - - - - - - - 
			 South Wales - 1 - - - 1 1 - - - - 
			 England and Wales 18 28 12 17 16 20 22 21 11 16 19 
			 (1) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (2) Excludes prosecutions and convictions data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July, and August 2008. (3) The data are on principal offence basis.  Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services-Ministry of Justice

Independent Safeguarding Authority

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consultation his Department undertook on the level of fees to be charged for the vetting procedure undertaken by the Independent Safeguarding Authority.

Meg Hillier: Consultation took place on the scheme as a whole. There was no separate consultation on the fee, which is set to achieve cost recovery for the Vetting and Barring Scheme as a whole.

National Identity Register

Francis Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what authorities may be provided with personal information held on the National Identity Register without the consent of the subject of that information.

Meg Hillier: The Identity Cards Act 2006, and secondary legislation made there under, set out who may be provided with information from an individual's entry on the register and under what circumstances. In particular, the Identity Cards Act 2006 (Provision of Information without Consent) Regulations 2009, and the Identity Cards Act 2006 (Information and Code of Practice on Penalties) Order 2009 prescribe Government Departments and public authorities respectively which may be provided with information without the consent of the individual.

Passports: Older People

Janet Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reasons entitlement to free passports for those over the age of 80 years was withdrawn; and if he will make a statement.

Meg Hillier: There has been no change to the eligibility for free passports. This is not an age related concession, but was introduced in recognition of those who could have made a substantial contribution to the national effort during the second world war. The free passport scheme is an extension of the initial scheme that offered free one-year passports to second world war military veterans attending 60th Anniversary Commemorative Events in 2004. It was decided to extend the scheme to full validity 10 year passports and to recognise those who may have made a contribution to the overall war effort, whether or not they had served in the armed forces. It therefore applies to those born on or before 2( )September 1929 who would have been aged 16 or over at the end of the war.

Police: Football

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent policing football matches in  (a) each police force area and  (b) England and Wales in each year since 2003.

Alan Johnson: We do not have a national estimate for how much forces spend on policing annually. Forces are able to recharge a proportion of their costs and we estimate that the costs of policing charged to clubs annually is between £12-15 million.

Prosecutions

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people aged  (a) under 10,  (b) from 10 to 17,  (c) from 18 to 20 and  (d) 21 years and over were (i) arrested, (ii) charged and (iii) convicted for (A) violent and (B) non-violent offences in each year since 1998.

Alan Johnson: The information requested on arrests covering the period from 1999-2000 (when the collection began) to 2007-08 (latest available) is provided in table A.
	Data on arrests in 2008-09 are scheduled to be published in April 2010.
	Information provided by the Ministry of Justice showing the number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for violent and non-violent offences, broken down by age group, in England and Wales from 1998 to 2008 (latest available) can be viewed in table B.
	The court proceedings database held by the Ministry of Justice does not hold information on convictions for persons aged under 10 who are under the age of liability.
	Data for 2009 are planned to be published in the autumn 2010.
	Information on the offenders dealt with by the Criminal Justice System does not necessarily reflect wider trends for characteristics of perpetrators of crimes, where often an offender will not be apprehended.
	
		
			  Table A: Number of persons arrested for recorded crime (notifiable offences) by age group and type of offence( 1, 2) , 1999-2000 to 2007-08, England and Wales 
			  Number of arrests( 3) 
			  Year and notifiable offence group  Aged under 10  Aged 10-17  Aged 18-20  Aged 21and over  Age unknown  All ages 
			  1999-2000   
			 Violent offences 100 65,100 46,700 196,400 0 308,400 
			 Other offences 1,000 253,300 175,700 539,400 0 969,600 
			 Total 1,200 318,400 222,400 735,800 0 1,277,900 
			
			  2000-01   
			 Violent offences 100 68,000 46,100 199,300 1,800 314,800 
			 Other offences 700 252,700 166,300 524,900 4,400 949,500 
			 Total 800 320,600 212,400 724,100 6,300 1,264,200 
			
			  2001-02   
			 Violent offences 100 70,500 47,900 201,400 900 320,500 
			 Other offences 400 243,800 160,300 544,200 2,500 951,400 
			 Total 500 314,200 208,100 745,700 3,400 1,271,900 
			
			  2002-03   
			 Violent offences 100 70,600 50,800 226,600 900 348,700 
			 Other offences 300 229,000 156,300 576,500 2,200 964,400 
			 Total 500 299,500 207,000 803,200 2,900 1,313,100 
			
			  2003-04   
			 Violent offences 100 83,000 56,900 256,000 900 396,800 
			 Other offences 500 230,300 145,200 555,600 1,900 933,800 
			 Total 700 313,200 202,200 811,700 2,700 1,330,400 
			
			 2004-05(4)   
			 Violent offences 200 96,700 66,800 294,000 900 458,400 
			 Other offences 500 236,100 137,000 519,500 1,900 894,900 
			 Total 800 332,800 203,700 813,400 2,800 1,353,400 
			
			  2005-06   
			 Violent offences 200 108,500 74,500 331,800 800 515,800 
			 Other offences 500 239,900 140,300 531,100 2,000 914,000 
			 Total 800 348,500 214,700 863,100 2,700 1,429,800 
			
			  2006-07   
			 Violent offences 93 115,173 81,617 362,585 1,037 560,505 
			 Other offences 353 238,197 144,293 536,643 2,165 921,651 
			 Total 446 353,370 225,910 899,228 3,202 1,482,156 
			
			  2007-08   
			 Violent offences 41 102,802 77,864 363,629 1,685 546,021 
			 Other offences 122 212,599 145,759 568,021 2,744 929,245 
			 Total 163 315,401 223,623 931,650 4,429 1,475,266 
			 (1) Violent offences includes the offence categories of: violence against the person; sexual offences; robbery offences. Other offences includes the offence categories of: burglary; theft and handling stolen goods; fraud and forgery; .criminal damage; drug offences; other offences. (2) Information on the offenders dealt with by the Criminal Justice System does not necessarily reflect wider trends for characteristics of perpetrators of crimes, where often an offender will not be apprehended. (3) Figures from 2003-04 to 2005-06 are rounded to the nearest 100 therefore figures for these years may not add up to the totals, subsequent years' figures are unrounded. Additionally, figures for violent and other offences for years previous to 2006-07 may not be accurate due to the summing of rounded figures. (4) Figures updated since publication of 2004-05 bulletin.  Note: Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when these data are used. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table B: The number of persons found guilty at all courts for offences relating to violent, and non violent offences, in England and Wales, by age group, 1998 to 2008( 1, 2, 3, 4) 
			   1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008( 5,6) 
			  10-17
			 Violent offences 8,650 8,515 9,095 10,213 10,235 9,668 10,457 11,061 11,713 12,337 11,513 
			 Non-violent offences 77,856 81,765 82,328 85,317 84,311 82,873 85,733 85,096 81,976 85,104 76,878 
			 
			  18-20
			 Violent offences 7,959 7,836 7,865 8,042 8,429 8,129 8,520 8,821 9,449 9,849 9,470 
			 Non-violent offences 159,431 157,979 154,415 150,387 151,361 154,359 148,231 137,806 133,612 130,763 128,474 
			 
			  21 and over
			 Violent offences 30,550 29,279 28,144 27,908 31,139 31,897 32,438 32,938 33,708 33,669 34,146 
			 Non-violent offences 1,173,120 1,112,897 1,131,712 1,057,862 1,126,726 1,194,295 1,252,609 1,199,530 1,143,315 1,136,243 1,094,665 
			 
			  All ages
			 Violent offences 47,159 45,630 45,104 46,163 49,803 49,694 51,415 52,820 54,870 55,855 55,129 
			 Non-violent offences 1,410,407 1,352,641 1,368,455 1,293,566 1,362,398 1,431,527 1,486,573 1,422,432 1,358,903 1,352,110 1,300,017 
			 (1) Data given relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (2) Data include the following offence types: Violent offences: Violence against the person Sexual Offences Robbery Non Violent offences: Burglary Theft and handling stolen goods Fraud and forgery Criminal damage Drug offences Other indictable offences Indictable motoring offences Summary offences (excluding motoring) Summary motoring offences (3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, other agencies, and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (4) Information on the offenders dealt with by the Criminal Justice System does not necessarily reflect wider trends for characteristics of perpetrators of crimes, where often an offender will not be apprehended. (5) Excludes Convictions for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2006. (6) Includes those cases where sex is not stated.  Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services Ministry of Justice [Ref: IOS 055-10]

Reoffenders

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of prolific and priority offenders there were in each of the last 10 years.

Alan Johnson: The information requested is set out in the table. This shows the total number of offenders who were classified as Prolific and other Priority Offenders for each of the four full years since the Prolific and other Priority Offender programme was launched in September 2005.
	Some offenders would have been classified as Prolific and other Priority Offenders during the course of the years shown, and others de-classified during the years shown, in accordance with local selection and de-selection criteria. At any given time, the total number of offenders classified as Prolific and other Priority Offenders is between 10,000 and 11,000 offenders.
	The published evaluation of the Prolific and other Priority Offender programme in 2004 showed that the offenders first taken on to the programme in September and October 2004 reduced their convictions by 62 per cent. over their first 17 months on the programme.
	
		
			  Individuals classified as prolific and other priority offenders, by year 
			  Year (April to March)  Number of PPOs 
			 2005-06 17,007 
			 2006-07 15,221 
			 2007-08 15,904 
			 2008-09 15,126

Theft: Vehicles

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the number of vehicles stolen during robberies and domestic burglaries in  (a) London,  (b) each police force area and  (c) nationally in each year since 1998.

Alan Johnson: The number of recorded offences where a vehicle has been stolen during robberies and domestic burglaries is given in the table.
	The collection of these supplementary data began in 2007-08. Figures are not available prior to this date. These data are normally used for management information only and are not subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics. These data are provisional and may be subject to change.
	The Policing Green Paper announced that Sir David Normington, Permanent Secretary to the Home Office, would lead a review of the strategic data collection burden placed by the Home Office on police forces in England and Wales. Sir David's report was published on 16 February.
	
		
			  Recorded offences of domestic burglaries and robberies in which a vehicle is taken( 1) 
			   Domestic burglaries  Robberies 
			  PFA  2007-08( 2)  2008-09( 3)  2007-08( 2)   2008-09( 3) 
			 Avon and Somerset 335 453 33 51 
			 Bedfordshire 248 294 26 26 
			 British Transport Police 0 0 0 10 
			 Cambridgeshire 138 192 52 11 
			 Cheshire 349 468 23 41 
			 Cleveland 27 123 1 16 
			 Cumbria 28 28 0 0 
			 Derbyshire 285 277 17 21 
			 Devon and Cornwall 63 82 6 4 
			 Dorset 52 56 4 2 
			 Durham 81 170 1 6 
			 Dyfed-Powys 25 28 0 0 
			 Essex 579 723 79 78 
			 Gloucestershire 96 (4)- 5 (4)- 
			 Greater Manchester 1,851 2,359 627 613 
			 Gwent 63 94 0 2 
			 Hampshire 159 279 23 16 
			 Hertfordshire 407 566 16 25 
			 Humberside (4)- 249 (4)- 22 
			 Kent 278 368 37 23 
			 Lancashire 338 336 30 29 
			 Leicestershire 225 277 20 23 
			 Lincolnshire 90 142 2 13 
			 London, City of 0 (4)- 0 (4)- 
			 Merseyside 783 1,109 92 131 
			 Metropolitan Police 2,479 3,144 1,000 845 
			 Norfolk 16 22 1 1 
			 North Wales 63 89 6 4 
			 North Yorkshire 201 274 4 7 
			 Northamptonshire 310 423 27 33 
			 Northumbria 153 366 23 28 
			 Nottinghamshire 434 481 47 33 
			 South Wales (4)- (4)- (4)- (4)- 
			 South Yorkshire 605 665 45 54 
			 Staffordshire 252 208 32 18 
			 Suffolk 43 21 1 0 
			 Surrey 157 200 5 8 
			 Sussex 25 61 0 11 
			 Thames Valley 843 1,091 40 49 
			 Warwickshire 173 156 28 17 
			 West Mercia 178 69 12 3 
			 West Midlands 1,134 956 377 365 
			 West Yorkshire 2,113 2,440 112 108 
			 Wiltshire 62 62 4 7 
			 England and Wales 15,741 19,401 2,858 2,754 
			 (1) The data given in this table are normally used for management information only and are not subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics. These data are provisional and may be subject to change. (2) 42 police forces provided data for 2007-08. (3) 41 police forces provided data for 2008-09. (4) Police force unable to provide data.